US Patent Issued to Terumo BCT on June 23 for "Cell expansion" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,653, issued on June 23, was assigned to Terumo BCT Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Cell expansion" was invented by Brian J. Nankervis (Golden, Colo.), Mark E. Jones (Littleton, Colo.) and Domicinda M. Hill (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein generally provide for expanding cells in a cell expansion system. The cells may be grown in a bioreactor, and the cells may be activated by an activator (e.g., a soluble activator complex). Nutrient and gas exchange capabilities of a closed, automated cell expansion system may allow cells to be seeded at reduced cell seeding densities, for example. Parameters of ...