ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,883, issued on July 21, was assigned to Terumo K.K. (Japan).
"Sampling method" was invented by Masatsugu Igarashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling method includes: a sampling step of circulating a sample from a cell culture device to a sampling channel and measuring concentrations of predetermined components in the sample by a second sensor and a gas concentration sensor; a cleaning step of circulating a cleaning liquid through the sampling channel to circulate the cleaning liquid through the second sensor and the gas concentration sensor after the sampling step; and an air introduction step of replacing the...