US 12,325,849 B2
Apparatus and a method for the use of pulsed electromagnetic field to change the condition of a product and/or the generation of said product
William John Henry, St. Andrews (GB); and Christopher Taylor, Maidenhead (GB)
Assigned to St. Andrews Pharmceutical Technology Ltd., Henley-on-Thames (GB)
Appl. No. 16/972,178
Filed by St Andrews Pharmaceutical Technology Ltd., Henley-on-Thames (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/051584
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/234442, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1809355 (GB), filed on Jun. 7, 2018; application No. 1813537 (GB), filed on Aug. 20, 2018; and application No. 1819886 (GB), filed on Dec. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0189317 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. C12M 1/42 (2006.01); C12H 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 35/04 (2013.01) [C12H 1/165 (2013.01); C12M 35/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to allow application of a pulsed electromagnetic wave to a cell culture for a period of time, to alter a condition of the cell culture, said system comprising:
a signal generator configured to generate the pulsed electromagnetic wave;
a controller comprising a control circuit or processor configured to control generation of the pulsed electromagnetic wave;
a container in which the cell culture is located; and
at least one support that includes one or more modules, wherein each module of the one or more modules comprises a transmitter and an antenna arranged for transmission of the pulsed electromagnetic wave towards the container, and said at least one support includes or is connected to said controller, and the at least one support is positioned in proximity to the container so as to allow the cell culture to be exposed to the pulsed electromagnetic wave which is generated; and
wherein the altered condition of the cell culture is a change of metabolic productivity and/or production rate of the cell culture.