Patent ID: 11970682
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A cell culture vessel comprising:
at least one cell culture chamber, having a bottom, a top and sidewalls;
a base defining a support plane extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
wherein the bottom, the top and the sidewalls each have surfaces facing the inside of the cell culture chamber;
wherein at least the bottom surface of the cell culture chamber comprises an array of microcavities;
an inlet in a top of the vessel providing access to the cell culture chamber on one side of the vessel;
an outlet in a bottom of the vessel providing access to each cell culture chamber on the opposite side of the vessel;
wherein the bottom surface of the cell culture chamber defines a substrate plane which is at a first angle relative to the first direction of the substrate plane and a second angle relative to the second direction of the substrate plane; and,
wherein an absolute value of at least one of the first angle and the second angle is from about 1° to about 30°.