US 12,454,670 B2
Fixed bed sampler and related methods
José Castillo, Brussels (BE); Bastien Mairesse, Uccle (BE); Alex Chatel, Brussels (BE); Sebastien Jean-Pierre Michel Rodriguez, Ecaussines-Lalaing (BE); and Alexandre Vanhaver, Braine-le-Chateau (BE)
Assigned to UNIVERCELLS TECHNOLOGIES SA, Nivelles (BE)
Filed by UNIVERCELLS TECHNOLOGIES SA, Nivelles (BE)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/592,690.
Application 18/592,690 is a continuation of application No. 16/981,333, granted, now 11,946,032, previously published as PCT/EP2019/056732, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/728,405, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,014, filed on Mar. 16, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2018/5179 (BE), filed on Mar. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0200010 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 25/18 (2013.01) [C12M 23/46 (2013.01); C12M 33/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use with a cell culture system, comprising:
a structured fixed bed comprising a plurality of layers of material adjacent to each other; and
a removable sample portion for recovering a sample of cells from the cell culture system;
wherein the removable sample portion comprises a perforated or pre-cut portion of one of the plurality of layers of the structured fixed bed.