241 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROWING ALGAE ON HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE |
US12740710 |
2008-10-31 |
US20100236135A1 |
2010-09-23 |
Oren L. Kleinberger |
A tank infrastructure that is installed on space that is covered with human development, and used to grow blue green algae or other algae. This includes application over roads, tracks, buildings, parking lots, and any other space that is viewed from space as being any color other than green due to human development destroying photosynthetic life. It can also be utilized in desert landscapes and other areas such as in or over oceans. The algae produced will act as a large carbon sink to aid in curbing global warming, and will be used in the production of alternative fuels as well as for human or animal consumption and in industry. |
242 |
LARGE SCALE DISPOSABLE BIOREACTOR |
US12451295 |
2008-05-05 |
US20100112700A1 |
2010-05-06 |
Yoseph Shaaltiel; Yair Kirshner; Alon Shtainiz; Yaron Naos; Yftach Shneor |
A reusable, disposable device for culturing plant tissues or cells including a non-rigid container having dimensions and gas exchange ports designed for maintaining oxygen saturation and shear forces suitable for culturing plant tissue or cells in 400 liters or more of culture medium is provided. Also provided are methods for producing a catalytically active human recombinant protein in a plant cell, using the disposable device of one of the embodiments of the instant specification. |
243 |
TISSUE PIECE PINCHING DEVICE AND CULTURE KIT |
US12312517 |
2007-11-16 |
US20100055773A1 |
2010-03-04 |
Kazuto Yamada; Naohito Iwata; Masakazu Kato; Ken-ichiro Hata; Akio Shirasu; Yoshihiro Yoshikawa; Atsushi Taguchi |
Under a state where the zipper 22 of a culture bag is opened, an operator depresses the opening button 43 of an arm 40 with one finger. Consequently, a force for oscillating the arm 40 to separate a retaining portion 49 upward from the culture surface 32 around a pin 42 acts against the urging force of a leaf spring 50. Consequently, the tip 52a of an extended portion 52 ascends to a predetermined position while resisting against the urging force of the leaf spring 50. Since the lower surface 20a of the culture bag 20 is retained by a base 31 and the upper surface 20b is raised upward by the tip 52a of an extended portion 52, opening 24 of the culture bag 20 is widened. Since the width of the base 31 is larger than that of the arm 40, upper space of the culture surface 32 is not occupied by the arm 40 and a sufficiently wide work space is provided in the culture bag 20. |
244 |
PROCESS AND INSTALLATION FOR ANAEROBIC TREATMENT OF MATERIAL HAVING HIGH SOLIDS CONCENTRATION |
US12514721 |
2007-11-13 |
US20100044307A1 |
2010-02-25 |
Jean-Pierre Lotti; Helene Fruteau de Laclos; Claude Saint-Joly |
The invention relates to a process for anaerobic treatment of material having a solids concentration greater than 15% in a digester in the form of a sealed tank (1) equipped with means (2) for supplying material to be treated and means (3) for discharging digested material and also vertical homogenization means (6) in the form of injectors for injecting a gaseous fluid into the bottom (7) of the tank (1). Through distribution in the tank (1) of the material supply means (2) relative to the discharge means (3) and using vertical homogenization means (6) that guarantee the homogeneity of the material treated by vertical sectors (8) in the tank, conferred on the material in the tank (1) is a forced unidirectional circulation that is uniform throughout the entire cross section of this tank, and along one substantially horizontal component, between said supply means (2) and said discharge means (3). The invention also relates to an installation for implementing such a process. |
245 |
NUTRIENT MEDIUM UNIT AND METHOD FOR HOLDING A FILTER FROM A FILTRATION DEVICE |
US12450198 |
2008-02-16 |
US20100028933A1 |
2010-02-04 |
Karl Pflanz |
The invention relates to a nutrient medium unit for holding a filter of a filtration device, comprising a lower part that is filled with the nutrient medium and a lid, the latter having a fixing edge that protrudes into the lower part and that can be connected to an edge of the filter by means of an adhesive bond in order to remove said filter from the filtration device. The invention also relates to a method for the microbiological analysis of liquid samples, according to which a membrane filter is lifted off a filter support and laid on the surface of a nutrient medium that is situated in a lower part of a nutrient medium unit. The lower part is then covered by a lid, the latter being placed on the membrane filter lying on the filter support in such a way that a fixing edge located in the lid is connected to an edge of the filter by means of an adhesive bond. The lid and the attached filter are lifted off the filter support and placed on the dish-shaped lower part of the nutrient medium unit. |
246 |
Photobioreactor Systems and Methods for Growing Organisms |
US12233564 |
2008-09-18 |
US20090203067A1 |
2009-08-13 |
Matthew W. Eckerle; Thomas W. Chalberg, JR.; Cheryl A. Hackworth; Michael B. Fertik |
Photobioreactors and systems for growth of a photosynthetic organism are provided herein. The systems and photobioreactors can comprise features and modifications in order to improve photosynthetic growth efficiency and light energy utilization. Also provided are methods and systems to improve the cost-effectiveness of a photobioreactor system for growth of a photosynthetic organism. |
247 |
Sanitary replaceable fluid disbursement device for use in bioreactors |
US11907056 |
2007-10-09 |
US20090090417A1 |
2009-04-09 |
Kevin J. McGuffin; John E. Rosenberger; Todd W. Pflugbeil; Dennis J. Ogurick; Kenneth L. Rubow |
Methods and systems for easily replacing fluid disbursement devices used in a sanitary bioreactor are presented. The system includes a fluid disbursement device, a tube adapter, a wand adapter. The fluid disbursement device is fixed to the tube adapter. The tube adapter and wand adapter are essentially complementary and are releasably connected. The combined fluid disbursement device and tube adapter unit is easily replaceable during the cleaning and sterilization of the bioreactor. An O-ring, located in an O-ring grove, provides an impermeable boundary between the wand adapter and the tube adapter. |
248 |
Disposable Bioreactor Comprising a Sensor Arrangement |
US12226463 |
2007-04-24 |
US20090075362A1 |
2009-03-19 |
Reinhard Baumfalk; Oscar-Werner Reif; Thomas Scheper; Daniel Riechers; Russell Hayden; Philip Nuzzo |
The invention relates to a disposable bioreactor comprising a reversible, externally attachable sensor arrangement for measuring a physical variable of a contained medium. A sensor adapter (28) for receiving an electronic sensor arrangement (34, 38; 42; 44a, 44b, 46, 48) interacting with the medium cross-flowing the peripheral lines (14, 16, 18), by means of an inner delimiting surface (32a, 32b; 42; 44a, 44b, 46, 48) of the sensor adapter, is integrated into at least one of the peripheral lines (14, 16, 18) of the bioreactor which is used to supply or discharge the medium. Said sensor adapter (28) is mounted on the peripheral line (14, 16, 18) as an insert extending the peripheral line (14, 16, 18) and which can be cross-flown by the contained medium. |
249 |
Tube ports and related container systems |
US11385629 |
2006-03-20 |
US20060240546A1 |
2006-10-26 |
Michael Goodwin; Jeremy Larsen |
A tube port includes a tubular first stem having an interior surface and an exterior surface extending between a first end and a longitudinally spaced apart second end. The interior surface bounds a passage that longitudinally extends through the first stem. The tube port also includes a flange encircling and radially outwardly projecting from the first end of the first stem. The flange and the first stem are integrally formed as a unitary member comprised of a flexible elastomeric material having a durometer on a Shore A scale with a value of less than 90. |
250 |
Flask |
US11187045 |
2005-07-22 |
US20060019377A1 |
2006-01-26 |
Henry Cattadoris |
The present invention provides a flask having a top piece 20 and a bottom piece 22 with optical properties on the interior surface 24 of which cells are grown. The top piece 20 and the bottom piece 22 are joined by a removable elastomeric seal 26. By disengaging the elastomeric seal 26 from the flask body 12, the top piece 20 can be separated from the bottom piece 22 providing access to the flask interior. |
251 |
Apparatus for aerobic liquid-phase fermentation |
US10892660 |
2004-07-16 |
US20050059142A1 |
2005-03-17 |
Alexander Vinarov; Dmitriy Sokolov; Vladimir Smirnov; Elena Sokolova; Dmitriy Vinarov |
The present invention describes the apparatus for aerobic liquid-phase fermentation. The present invention relates to the field of chemical, physical and physical-chemical processes carried out in apparatus with an aeration and intermixing of a liquid medium, namely: processes of biosynthesis of various biological products, processes of processing waste from various productions, processing of semi-products, and processes of clearing of waste water that could also can be used in food, medical, microbiological, petrochemical industries, and also in an ecological remediation of an environment from various wastes. |
252 |
System for growth, analysis, storage, validation and distribution of cells and tissues used for biomedical purposes |
US10466065 |
2004-02-02 |
US20040243093A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Ron
Berenson; Roy
H.
Hammerstedt; Kenneth
N.
Sherman |
A comprehensive system (10) for the growing, analyzing, storing, validating and distributing of cells or tissues for a variety of purposes, in which the comprehensive system (10) generally uses a macrocontainer (12) for each of the steps from beginning to end. The macrocontainer (12) may include a number of elements, an essential one of which is the primary container (14). In every case, the primary container (14) includes a biosensor and a data registry device (15) (usually a microchip) to record and to display the handling history of the primary container (14) throughout the implementation of the system (10). The macrocontainer (14) provides process control, sterility and a matrix within and around which associated inlets, outlets and data lines may be coordinated. |
253 |
Slow release microorganism dispenser |
US931541 |
1997-09-16 |
US5879932A |
1999-03-09 |
Michael Van Erdewyk; Vincent P. Spaulding |
A dispenser and method is provided for slowly releasing microorganisms into a surrounding body of fluid. The surrounding body of fluid may, for example, include a pond, lake, or waste management holding area. A major portion of the dispenser is submerged within the surrounding body of fluid and may be anchored in place to the bottom underlying the body of fluid. The dispenser includes a conically shaped flotation chamber and a spherical growth chamber. Microorganisms suspended in a gel are cultured within the growth chamber and then slowly release from the growth chamber into the surrounding body of fluid. |
254 |
Culture device and method of use having a detachable cell or tissue
growth surface |
US705767 |
1991-05-28 |
US5272083A |
1993-12-21 |
David Butz; George Lyman; David Root; Gregory Mathus |
A tissue or cell growth device is described for placement within a well of a cluster dish. The device has a cell or tissue retention element detachably attached to a hanger. The hanger preferably has openings allowing access to the well without removal of the member and is capable of positioning the cell or tissue retention element a preselected distance relative to the hanger. Also described are various embodiments of the device having differently shaped hangers and the combination of the device and a cluster dish. |
255 |
Container for a biological culture |
US459724 |
1989-08-28 |
US5084393A |
1992-01-28 |
Alena Rogalsky |
A container for biological culture (1, 1') has a wall which limits an inner chamber with an area (2) for growing cells. The wall has a brush-like wall portion (4, 8) with a plurality of bristle-shaped projections (5, 5') extending into the area (2) for growing cells. The container (1, 1') has a significantly increased area for growing cells. |
256 |
Fermentation system and failure-detection probe holder |
US158584 |
1980-06-11 |
US4309506A |
1982-01-05 |
Robert W. Squires |
A system for the preparation of biological agents can include a vessel in which the biological agents are fermented and in which the fermentation is monitored by a probe detection means. Probe support means are fastened to the wall of the vessel to support the probe detection means with its operative end within the vessel and to provide access from outside the vessel to the output of the probe detection means. The probe support means has a seal-engaging surface at its forwardmost end within the tank. A seal is seated on the probe detection means forwardly of probe support means, and a seal compression member is fastened to the probe support means to compress the seal between the seal-engaging surface of the probe support means, the seal compression means, and the outer surface of the probe detection means to limit the collection of fermentation material to the exposed outer surfaces of the system and permit cleansing and sterilization of the system. The probe-support means is provided with an open passageway leading from behind the seal to outside of the vessel to permit detection of failure of the system. |
257 |
Organic digester apparatus and method |
US812144 |
1977-07-01 |
US4184892A |
1980-01-22 |
Jay Anderson |
A method is provided for washing the inside of an organic digester of the type having a rotatable roof member. The method includes supporting the roof member, with pressurized gas excluding oxygen, rotating the roof member, spraying water on the interior walls of the digester, and observing the washing process. |
258 |
Fermenter having a magnetically driven agitator |
US3764836D |
1970-09-28 |
US3764836A |
1973-10-09 |
BENDER C; FRASER D |
A magnetic drive arrangement for fermenters wherein the sample or culture agitated must be maintained free of contamination. The magnetic drive includes a driven plate and a driving plate. The magnets on the driven plate are polygonally arranged with like poles adjacent to maximize field strength, and are mounted in a cup-shaped receptacle, located and held by a simple spacer plate. A cover plate captivates the magnets and is joined to the cupshaped receptacle to isolate them from the sample agitated. The rotational drive includes a double shaft motor which drives the driving plate at one end through a reduction gear drive, with the other end of the motor shaft directly coupled to a tachometer generator to provide accurate speed readings in the lower speed ranges.
|
259 |
Fermenter having a magnetically driven agitator |
US3580812D |
1967-10-19 |
US3580812A |
1971-05-25 |
BENDER CHARLES E; FRASER DOUGLAS S |
A MAGNETIC DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR FERMENTERS WHEREIN THE SAMPLE OR CULTURE AGITATED MUST BE MAINTAINED FREE OF CONTAMINATION. THE MAGNETIC DRIVE INCLUDES A DRIVEN PLATE AND A DRIVING PLATE. THE MAGNETS ON THE DRIVEN PLATE ARE POLYGONALLY ARRANGED WITH LIKE POLES ADJACENT TO MAXIMIZED FIELD STRENGTH, AND ARE MOUNTED IN A CUP-SHAPED RECEPTACLE, LOCATED AND HELD BY A SIMPLE SPACER PLATE. A COVER PLATE CAPTIVATES THE MAGNETS AND IS JOINED TO THE CUPSHAPED RECEPTICLE TO ISOLATE THEM FROM THE SAMPLE AGITATED. THE ROTATIONAL DRIVE INCLUDES A DOUBLE SHAFT MOTOR WHICH DRIVES THE DRIVING PLATE AT ONE END THROUGH A REDUCTION GEAR DRIVE, WITH THE OTHER END OF THE MOTOR SHAFT DIRECTLY COUPLED TO A TACHOMETER GENERATOR TO PROVIDE ACCURATE SPEED READINGS IN THE LOWER SPEED RANGES.
|
260 |
Dynamic method of liquid-phase aerobic fermentations and products obtained therefrom |
US54624655 |
1955-11-10 |
US3041181A |
1962-06-26 |
SIMONIN RAYMOND F; MAURICE BERNARD |
|