US 12,403,417 B2
Immersion bioreactor device
John Banner McEverett, Hendersonville, NC (US)
Filed by John Banner McEverett, Hendersonville, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,464.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/233,970, filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055557 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 36/00 (2006.01); B01D 29/01 (2006.01); B01D 29/96 (2006.01); B01D 35/30 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 36/001 (2013.01) [B01D 29/01 (2013.01); B01D 29/96 (2013.01); B01D 35/30 (2013.01); B01D 2201/4092 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An immersion bioreactor device, the device comprising:
a first vessel having a first cavity and a first mouth forming a first vessel aperture, the first vessel aperture in fluid communication with the first cavity;
a second vessel having a second cavity and a second mouth forming a second vessel aperture, the second vessel aperture in fluid communication with the second cavity;
a vessel coupler having a plate positioned between a first sidewall and a second sidewall, wherein the first sidewall is configured to be removably coupled to the first mouth of the first vessel so that the first vessel aperture is in fluid communication with the plate, and wherein the second sidewall is configured to be removably coupled to the second mouth of the second vessel so that the second vessel aperture is also in fluid communication with the plate;
a plurality of coupler apertures disposed in the plate and arranged in a radial slot configuration, wherein the plurality of coupler apertures enables fluid communication between the vessel apertures; and
a vent formed in the plate between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and the vent directly connected to at least one coupler aperture from the plurality of coupler apertures and configured to allow gas exchange between gas that is exterior to the device and the at least one coupler aperture.