Patent ID: 6607910
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: C12M,C12N

Abstract:
A cell culture vessel comprisinga front vessel half which defines a front chamber, a back vessel half which defines a back chamber, said back chamber being generally cylindrical and having a longitudinal axis, said front vessel half being sealingly engageable with the back vessel half and coming together with said back vessel half so as to form an annular recess for receipt of a cylindrical sample cartridge rim defined by a periphery of a sample cartridge to separate the front chamber from the back chamber, an inner tubular member extending though an end wall of the back vessel half and into the back chamber along the longitudinal axis thereof, said inner tubular member having an inner end positioned in the back chamber, a disk shaped baffle mounted on the inner end of the tubular member and extending transversely across the back chamber so as to substantially form a partition across the back chamber, said baffle dividing the back chamber into a front portion and a back portion, wherein the inner tubular member form a means for introducing fluid into the front portion of the back chamber, and a means for withdrawing a fluid from the back portion of the back chamber.