Patents by Inventor Yuen Sze Tong

Yuen Sze Tong 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).

  • Tissue culture apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11802265
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for culturing cells or tissue, the apparatus comprising a container comprising a bottom and at least one sidewall, wherein at least a part of the bottom comprises a gas permeable material or is adapted to engage with a gas permeable material and is perforated to allow gaseous exchange; a detachable top adapted to engage with the container to define a chamber, wherein at least a part of the top comprises a gas permeable material or is adapted to engage with a gas permeable material and is perforated to allow gaseous exchange; and a scaffold adapted to receive a substrate for cells to reside upon. The apparatus is configurable between (a) a first mode in which the substrate is not disposed in gaseous communication with a gas permeable material, and (b) a second mode in which the substrate is disposed in gaseous communication with a gas permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Auckland Uniservices LTD
    Inventors: Peter Roderick Dunbar, Vaughan J. Feisst, Reece Neil Oosterbeek, Miriam Cather Simpson, Yuen Sze Tong
  • Tissue Culture Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20180187137
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus for culturing cells or tissue, the apparatus comprising a container comprising a bottom and at least one sidewall, wherein at least a part of the bottom comprises a gas permeable material or is adapted to engage with a gas permeable material and is perforated to allow gaseous exchange; a detachable top adapted to engage with the container to define a chamber, wherein at least a part of the top comprises a gas permeable material or is adapted to engage with a gas permeable material and is perforated to allow gaseous exchange; and a scaffold adapted to receive a substrate for cells to reside upon. The apparatus is configurable between (a) a first mode in which the substrate is not disposed in gaseous communication with a gas permeable material, and (b) a second mode in which the substrate is disposed in gaseous communication with a gas permeable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Roderick Dunbar, Vaughan J. Feisst, Reece Neil Oosterbeek, Miriam Cather Simpson, Yuen Sze Tong