US Patent Issued to Sartorius Stedim FMT on May 12 for "Single-use container with 3D printed functional element, printing method therefor and assembly" (British, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,325, issued on May 12, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim FMT (France).

"Single-use container with 3D printed functional element, printing method therefor and assembly" was invented by Richard Bendall (Gloucestershire, Great Britain), Jeremy Pullin (Bristol, Great Britain) and Isabelle Gay (Peypin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a single-use container, particularly a single-use bioreactor, an assembly system, and a single-use container particularly a single-use bag such as a single-use bioreactor comprising: a base material; and at least one functional element being at least partially connected with the bas...