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8178345 Multilayer cell culture vessels  
A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus includes a unitary flask body including a rigid upper and lower surface, connected by side...
8173419 Equipment for wastewater treatment comprising anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel and acclimatization vessel  
Equipment for treating wastewater by anaerobic ammonium oxidation includes an anaerobic ammonium oxidation vessel to receive water to be treated containing ammonium and nitrite and to denitrify...
8173420 Cell seeding module  
An apparatus and method is described for seeding cells on a sample or specimen. The cells may be selectively and locally seeded on an upper and lower surface of a planar sample or specimen or on...
8173077 Reusable PCR amplification system and method  
A DNA amplification device utilizing a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and silicon substrate coated with spin-on glass (SOG) is provided. This PDMS layer is irreversibly bonded to the SOG layer of the...
8172784 Compositions, methods, and devices for treating liver disease  
Described are compositions and methods for treating liver disease, e.g., acute liver disease, using bone marrow-derived stem cells and bone marrow-derived stem cell conditioned media.
8163517 Organic material production system using biomass material and method  
An organic material production system using biomass material includes: a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (13) that causes the biomass material (11) and hot compressed water (12) to...
8158407 Systems and methods of coating a hybrid hemodialysis access graft or a hybrid femoral artery bypass graft in a mammal  
Hybrid synthetic grafts and embodiments of systems and methods for producing hybrid vascular grafts that can yield implantable grafts that combine synthetic grafts with living cells. Embodiments of...
8152867 Process, plant and biofuel for integrated biofuel production  
This invention relates to a process, a plant, and a biofuel for integrated biofuel production, such as with butanol, biodiesel, and/or sugar product. The integrated process includes the step of...
8148120 Concentration and separation of lipids from renewable resources  
Disclosed are methods that can advantageously utilize the natural consumptive and conversion processes of an aquatic organism culture system to concentrate and separate microbial plant-generated...
8148172 Methods for ionophorically screening pore forming bacterial protein toxins and receptors  
One embodiment of the present invention is directed to methods for ionophorically screening pore forming bacterial protein toxins and receptors. The method includes: a) forming a membrane...
8148142 System and methods for production of gaseous products from organic waste  
A system and methods for processing organic waste material for residential type environments includes a reactor tank dimensioned to receive a predetermined amount of organic material therein. The...
8137959 Method of cell cultures and device for implementing it  
The invention generally provides a cell culture vessel having at least one first zone and at least one second zone, wherein the first zone is a transfer zone for a culture medium which essentially...
8129179 Bioreactors with an array of chambers and a common feed line  
A bioreactor (200) for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment, the bioreactor (200) has a substrate (230) having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a...
8129158 Apparatus and method of using an agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system  
An agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system. The system includes a digester assembly having a cylindrical body, a hollow interior, a center axis and a plurality of wheel segments...
8124403 Tube ports and related container systems  
A tube port includes a tubular first stem having an interior surface and an exterior surface extending between a first end and a longitudinally spaced apart second end. The interior surface bounds...
8114663 Method for consolidated waste management and resource recovery  
A waste management and resource recovery system that uses the different waste streams from typical waste sources as fuel or feedstock for its subsystems that, in turn, produce fuel, feedstock or...
8114664 Scalable wall bioreactor for culture of plant and animal tissues  
A flexible wall bioreactor is described that uses a small droplet size mist unit, a lower rate ambient air flow rate, and a flexible wall culture chamber to provide an environment that allows for...
8105823 Biogas installation for production of biogas from biomass, and methods for operation of the biogas installation  
A biogas installation for production of biogas from biomass and methods for starting and shutting down a fermenter are disclosed. When biomass in a fermenter is used up, biogas production must...
8097451 Self-contained deployable automatic factory built ethanol production plant  
The present invention provides a modular ethanol production plant constructed of a number of identically sized modules each having a supporting structure main framework to which the components...
8093041 Method and apparatus for membrane-based, two-stage gas production from solid biomaterials  
Embodiments of the present invention preferably relate to a method and apparatus for a two-stage membrane-based production of gas, preferably hydrogen gas or the like, from solid biological...
8093040 Method for growing bacteria  
A biomass generator useful for continuously growing and withdrawing bacteria to be used in a desired beneficial application, the generator having a bacteria growth chamber; water and nutrient inlet...
8084257 Methods for sorting dimorphic daughter cells  
This invention relates to methods for distinguishing and sorting cells. In particular it includes methods for distinguishing and sorting post-mitotic and post-meiotic daughter cells into two...
8083837 Biological process for purifying air in confined rooms and apparatus thereof  
A deputation process and corresponding apparatus for purification of the air of a closed environment characterized by indoor pollution, in which, in order to reduce the pollution, a water tank is...
8080415 Modified host cells and uses thereof  
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods comprising cells producing glycoproteins with variant glycosylation patterns. The methods and compositions may be used in producing...
8080419 Process for recycling solid supports for cultivation of anchorage-dependent cells  
This invention relates to methods for use in industrial production of proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of recycling solid supports for cultivation of...
8080406 Ethanol production system  
The present invention provides a method of automating the production of ethanol in an economical method yet maximizing the conversion of grains into ethanol in an even greater conversion efficiency...
8076129 Reactor plate and reaction processing method  
The reactor plate preferably includes a sealed reactor, a reactor flow channel connected to the reactor, a sample container constituted from a sealed container provided separately from the reactor,...
8071395 Methods and apparatus for magnetic separation of cells  
Described here is an automated robotic device that isolates circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or other biological structures with extremely high purity. The device uses powerful magnetic rods covered...
8067194 Hydrolysis process for raw materials from the fishing and slaughterhouse industries and tanks for use therein  
The invention relates to a method and hydrolysis tank for enzymatic hydrolysis of raw materials containing collagen and proteins to produce the three layers: a top layer containing fat, a mid-layer...
8062881 Method for making a polymer blend for reducing protein binding to surfaces  
Hydrophobic polymer surfaces whose level of protein binding is less than about 50-80 ng/cm2 are achieved by: (1) applying a coating solution composed of a solvent and a non-ionic surfactant having...
8062880 Biomass cultivation system and corresponding method of operation  
A liquid culture medium containing photosynthetic organisms dispenses from a droplet generator combined with a screen in the presence of light, and in the presence of a gaseous medium to form a...
8058041 Concurrent saccharification and fermentation of fibrous biomass  
A process for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of a cellulosic solids fraction extracted from a lignocellulosic feedstock. The viscosity of the cellulosic solids fraction is reduced...
8053228 Bioreactor comprising a retaining system  
Disclosed is a bioreactor in which a supporting wall (100) or a retaining mechanism (100) that represents pressure relief for a gas-tightly embodied flap is provided behind the flap (14) used for...
8039246 Systems and methods of promoting endothelialization of a hybrid hemodialysis access graft or a hybrid femoral artery bypass graft in a mammal  
Hybrid synthetic grafts and embodiments of systems and methods for producing hybrid vascular grafts that can yield implantable grafts that combine synthetic grafts with living cells. Embodiments of...
8034592 Fossil fuel-free process of lignocellulosic pretreatment with biological hydrogen production  
The invention provides an isolated haloalkaliphilic microorganism designated as strain sapolanicus belonging to the genus Halanaerobium, which is capable of producing hydrogen from biomass. Methods...
8034616 Method and apparatus for cultivating multipotent stem cells  
In a method of cultivating multipotent stem cells, the multipotent stem cells are cultivated while suppressing differentiation of the multipotent stem cells sealed in a first cultivating container....
8034608 Systems and methods of promoting endothelialization of a hybrid hemodialysis access graft or a hybrid femoral artery bypass graft in a mammal  
Hybrid synthetic grafts and embodiments of systems and methods for producing hybrid vascular grafts that can yield implantable grafts that combine synthetic grafts with living cells. Embodiments of...
8021871 Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system  
Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a...
8021874 Very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methods of production, and uses  
The present invention relates to processes for production of Very Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (VLC-PUFAs). The present invention also relates to compositions (e.g., nutritional...
8017353 Microfluidic chemostat  
A chemostat is described that includes a growth chamber having a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments may be fluidly isolated from the rest of the growth chamber by one or more...
8017384 Modular membrane supported bioreactor for conversion of syngas components to liquid products  
A modular membrane supported bioreactor for anaerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane module(s) having a plurality of hollow fibers packed across a cross sectional area of...
8008065 Disposable bioreactor vessel port  
A port for use with a bioreactor vessel comprising: i) a base member comprising a hollow tubular portion and a base plate configured to be sealingly affixed to a hole in the wall of a bioreactor...
8003379 High density bioreactor system, devices, and methods  
A bioreactor and bioreactor system are suitable for the growth of materials from algae. More specifically, the system preferred embodiments use concentrated sunlight in a solo- or co-generation...
8003378 Capillary perfused bioreactors with multiple chambers  
A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second...
7989199 Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system  
Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a...
7985580 Apparatus for the production of alcohol  
The aim of the invention is to produce alcohol from plant-based raw materials while reducing energy consumption. Said aim is achieved by separating the husk portion of cereals during grinding and...
7985336 Systems, methods and devices relating to a cellularized nephron unit  
The present invention relates to bioartificial devices and systems that mimic kidney or nephron function and methods of making them.
7980024 Photobioreactor systems positioned on bodies of water  
Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The photobioreactor...
7977076 Integrated processes and systems for production of biofuels using algae  
A process for production of biofuels from biomass can include depolymerizing a biomass to form a feed. The feed can be formed by autotrophically growing algal biomass and extracting the feed...
7968329 Method of conditioning a hybrid synthetic tubular structure to yield a functional human hybrid coronary bypass graft  
A method of yielding a functional human hybrid coronary bypass graft is provided. The method includes conditioning a hybrid synthetic tubular structure having stem cells and/or endothelial cells on...