US Patent Issued to University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Oct. 20 for "Adjustable fermentation and cell culture flasks with integrated analyte sensors" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,914, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore).

"Adjustable fermentation and cell culture flasks with integrated analyte sensors" was invented by Govind Rao (Ellicott City, Md.), Yordan Kostov (Columbia, Md.), Michael Tolosa (Columbia, Md.), Xudong Ge (Woodstock, Md.), Vikash Kumar (Catonsville, Md.) and Vida Rahmatnejad (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to collapsible and/or foldable fermentation and/or culture vessels fabricated of an adjustable frame including sections of gas permeable material or in the alternative a non-rigid gas permeable polyme...