Periodic symmetry defined bioreactor
AssigneeUniversity of Utah Research Foundation
InventorsLeonard Franklin Pease, III, Swomitra K. Mohanty, John McLeenan, Tony Butterfield, Tyler Lee, Samuel Doane, Rete Browning, Yen-Hsun Tseng
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Abstract
A bioreactor can include a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell can include a floor configured to support a volume of liquid, the floor being symmetric across at least one axis of symmetry, and an injection port oriented at a center point of at least one axis of symmetry and configured to inject a fluid into the volume of liquid. The bioreactor can also include a peripheral side wall surrounding the plurality of unit cells such that the volume of liquid is retained in the bioreactor.
Claims17
A bioreactor comprising:
- a) a plurality of unit cells, wherein each unit cell comprises:
- i) a floor configured to support a volume of liquid, the floor being symmetric across at least one axis of symmetry;
- and
- ii) an injection port oriented at a center point of the at least one axis of symmetry and configured to inject a fluid into the volume of liquid, wherein the injection port comprises an injection nozzle that includes a fluid intake adjacent to a base of the injection nozzle,
- wherein the plurality of unit cells is substantially free of internal walls;
- and
- b) a peripheral side wall surrounding the plurality of unit cells such that the volume of liquid is retained in the bioreactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.