ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,023, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Cell expansion vessel systems and methods" was invented by Weston Blaine Griffin (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Xiaohua Zhang (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Reginald Donovan Smith (Schnectady, N.Y.) and Vandana Keskar (Schnectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes introducing a suspension including cells suspended in a cell culture medium through a feed port or a drain port into a cavity of a cell culture vessel, the suspension being in an amount sufficient to cover a gas permeable, liquid impermeable membrane positioned at a bottom of t...