ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,700, issued on May 19, was assigned to Fiberlite Centrifuge LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Continuous bioprocessing centrifuge rotor" was invented by Sina Piramoon (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor assembly (10, 150, 270, 310) and method of using the rotor assembly (10, 150, 270, 310). The rotor assembly (10, 150, 270, 310) includes a bio-process bag (48), a drum (46) that receives a lower portion of the bag (48), and a pressure ring (50). A holder (54, 182) couples an upper portion of the bag (48) to the pressure ring (50). The pressure ring (50) is coupled to the drum (46) to define an interior space that contain...