Patent ID: 8114664

Claim:
A gas phase bioreactor comprising: a gas pump having an output of pumped gas; a growth medium reservoir containing liquid growth medium; a growth medium pump fluidly coupled to said liquid growth medium and operative to provide an output pumped liquid growth medium; a mister coupled to said output of growth medium pump and having an output operative to provide an output of growth medium mist having a droplet size; an inlet port having an interior and an exterior, said inlet port interior fluidly coupled to said output of said mister; a flexible growth chamber having an interior, an exterior, a top opening, and a bottom opening, said top opening being coupled to said inlet port such that said flexible growth chamber interior is communicably coupled to said inlet port interior, said flexible growth chamber interior is further communicably coupled to said output of said gas pump, wherein said pumped gas and said growth medium mist are provided within the flexible growth chamber interior, said flexible growth chamber top opening being coupled to said inlet port so as to prevent leakage of said air and said growth medium mist to the exterior of said flexible growth chamber; said growth medium reservoir being located on said exterior of said flexible growth chamber; an adjustable constriction member placed on the exterior of said flexible growth chamber between said top and bottom openings and operative to separate said flexible growth chamber interior into first and second chambers, wherein said second chamber includes said bottom opening; and wherein said growth medium mist deposited in said flexible chamber interior is capable of flowing downward into said second chamber and through said bottom opening which permits removal of the growth medium mist that has flowed into said second chamber.