Patent ID: 8945917
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B01L,C12M,G01N

Abstract:
1. An enhanced surface area conico-cylindrical flask (ES-CCF) for biofilm cultivation of a biofilm-forming microorganism comprising: a funnel portion; a lower cylindrical portion being closed at a lower end and open at a upper end with the upper end comprising a middle threading portion for joining the funnel portion and lower cylindrical portion; a neck being detachably mounted at a top of the funnel portion; a screw cap having two openings each for accepting a port with a first port being an air inlet port and a second port being an exhaust port, the screw cap being detachably fitted onto the neck; wherein the lower cylindrical portion accepts an inner arrangement having a plurality of equally spaced rectangular strips directly mounted onto a circular disk; wherein the inner arrangement is removably placed inside the lower cylindrical portion with the circular disk positioned at the lower end of the lower cylindrical portion; wherein each rectangular strip of the inner arrangement is orientated outward from a central axis and orientated perpendicular to a tangent of the circumference of the lower cylindrical portion; wherein a long side of each rectangular strip is parallel to the axis between the lower end and the upper end of the lower cylindrical portion; and wherein at least one of the lower cylindrical portion, the rectangular strips of the inner arrangement, and the circular disk of the inner arrangement is made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA).