Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated bioreactor system, system for automatically implementing protocol for decellularizing organ, and waste decontamination system
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Application No.: US15508005Application Date: 2015-09-01
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Publication No.: US10757932B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Ryan Bonvillain , John Cheadle , Thomas Peterson
- Applicant: United Therapeutics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Silver Spring
- Assignee: UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Silver Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/047986 WO 20150901
- International Announcement: WO2016/036764 WO 20160310
- Main IPC: A01N1/02
- IPC: A01N1/02 ; A61L27/00 ; C12M3/00 ; A61L2/00 ; A61L27/36 ; G01G19/00 ; G01K13/02 ; G01L7/00

Abstract:
An automated bioreactor system for decellularizing an organ includes a main chamber for containing the organ. The system further includes a reagent chamber containing a liquid phase reagent. A reagent conduit delivers the liquid phase reagent to the main chamber, and a perfusion conduit delivers the reagent from the reagent outlet in the main chamber into the organ. A perfusion pump drives the flow of the reagent. A perfusion pressure sensor detects a pressure of the flowing reagent. A control system controls the perfusion pump to drive the flow of the reagent based on a received input representative of a desired pressure and a received input of the detected pressure. The control system may automatically perform all of the steps of a decellularization protocol based on sensor input. An automated waste decontamination system may also be provided.
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