Apparatus for enhancing cell growth, preservation and transport
OwnerArie H. Bartalinventor
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Abstract
A disposable cell culture device is disclosed. The instant invention finds particular utility in in vitro growth of micro-organisms, plant and animal cells, including germ cells, short and long-term tissue cultures, hybridomas and other biologically engineered cells to maximize the in vitro yield of cell constituents and products. The device comprises an enclosed container having an opening for introducing and removing cells, a plurality of surfaces for supporting cells, each surface having a passage in spaced relationship to each other and mounted in and spaced from the interior walls of the container, and at least one removable cover. The surfaces may be arranged in either a lattice, trapezoidal, conical, pyramidal, honeycomb or other configurations.
Claims11
A cell culture device comprising:
- an enclosed container having interior walls and at least one opening for introducing and removing cell cultures from said container's interior;
- at least one multi-planar structure mounted within the container and having a plurality of surfaces for growing cells, each surface having a plurality of pores and being mounted in spaced relationship to each other with their edges spaced from said interior walls to permit communication between the surfaces;
- each said surface having an opening aligned with an opening in an adjacent surface with the opening on a surface interior of an adjacent surface being smaller than the opening in said adjacent surface to permit viewing and introduction and removal of cells from each surface of the multi-planar structure.
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