ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,378, issued on June 23, was assigned to NIRRIN TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Billerica, Mass.).
"3-D printed probes for bioprocesses" was invented by Bryan A. Hassell (Cambridge, Mass.) and David P. Marchessault (Hopkinton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring a bioreactor is designed for in-situ analysis, e.g., by NIR. The device is configured for maintaining a sample detection region in the reactor medium and can include two or more components, at least one of which is fabricated additively. In an example, a light beam propagates along a free space optical path, passes through a thin 3D printed layer and traverses the ...