ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,784, issued on April 21, was assigned to City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.) and Caliornia Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"System, device and method for production of bioproduct including high density cell respirator for intensified production of adeno-associated viruses" was invented by Colin Andrew Cook (Pasadena, Calif.), Yuman Fong (La Canada, Calif.), Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, Calif.) and Saswati Chatterjee (Altadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell cultivation apparatus for cultivating microorganisms and growing cells at high density is provided. The apparatus includes a membrane comprising multiple surface f...