ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,468, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Woven cell culture substrates, bioreactor systems using the same, and related methods" was invented by Ann MeeJin Ferrie (Salem, N.H.), Vasiliy Nikolaevich Goral (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Lori Eileen Romeo (Elmira Heights, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell culture matrix for a perfusion-flow fixed-bed reactor is provided. The cell culture matrix includes a substrate having a porous sheet for adhering cells thereto. The sheet has a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a thickness separating the first side and the second side, and a plurality of ...