ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,090, issued on March 24, was assigned to S-BIOSYSTEMS GMBH (Siegen, Germany).

"Device for ensuring a sterile environment for incubating cell cultures" was invented by Erwin Richard Thiel (Siegen, Germany), Christoph Zander (Freudenberg, Germany) and Stephan Irle (Siegen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing a sterile environment for the incubation of cell cultures is proposed, comprising a warming chamber with heating elements, sensors for temperature, humidity and CO2, and a gas supply providing a gas connection in the interior. The device also has a cultivation tank located in the warming chamber. This has...