Patents by Inventor Ferda Mavituna

Ferda Mavituna has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reactor for cultivating biological material such as immobilized cells
    Patent number: 4693983
    Abstract: A reactor 10 for cultivating biological material is colonized with plant cells 3 in channels 2a of a support matrix. The biological material cannot pass out of the channels. Each colonized channel adjoins several non-colonized channels 2, viz. a nutrient supply channel, an extractant channel, a heat-transfer channel and a gas supply channel. The walls separating the different pairs of these channels are permeable to the relevant material only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Graham A. Davies, Ferda Mavituna