ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,519, issued on March 17, was assigned to VOGELSANG GMBH & Co. KG (Essen, Germany).
"Bioreactor cleaning system with an acid tank and a device for neutralizing the acid" was invented by Martin Heinrichs (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioreactor cleaning system for cleaning a bioreactor in a rail vehicle. A suction unit, a supply unit, an electronic control unit for actuating the suction unit and the supply unit, an acid tank, a collection tank for receiving a liquid suctioned out of the bioreactor, and a freshwater connection are provided. The bioreactor cleaning system comprises a metering unit which has acid canis...