Corning Life Sciences Announces New HYPER<i>Flask</i>™ Cell Culture Vessel

29 Apr 2007

Corning Incorporated, a global supplier of scientific laboratory and drug discovery products for more than 90 years, today announced the new HYPERFlask™ vessel for high density cell culture. The HYPERFlask vessel features a novel multi-layer design that has the same overall dimensions as a standard T175 flask but grows approximately 10 times as many cells. Using the Corning® HYPERFlask vessel, customers can significantly decrease processing and handling time while reducing space utilization and disposal requirements.

"For more than 90 years we have been dedicated to making significant investments in research and development in order to deliver state-of-the-art technologies and innovations to researchers worldwide," said Jeff Mooney, director commercial technology, Corning Life Sciences. "The HYPERFlask vessel clearly demonstrates our commitment to providing customers with a first-of-its-kind solution that enables more efficient use of time and resources in the lab and helps deliver more accurate results."

The HYPERFlask vessel has ten equivalent layers or 'flaskettes', each containing a gas permeable cell growth layer, that are joined together to form a multi-layered cell culture vessel. The HYPERFlask cell culture vessel incorporates an air gap between each flaskette for optimal gas exchange and each flaskette is treated with the Corning CellBIND® Surface for optimum cell attachment and growth. The HYPERFlask vessels are designed for manual use as well as for use in The Automation Partnership SelecT™ automated cell culture system, the only cell culture automation system compatible with a T175 flask.

Corning Life Sciences helps customers succeed by providing innovative, high-quality products and service in the areas of polymer science, biochemistry and molecular biology, glass melting and forming, surface modification and characterization science. Corning cell culture and assay labware products include tissue culture dishes, six, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384, and 1536-well microplates, roller bottles, flasks, and CellSTACK®culture chambers. The business' dedication to quality, technology, and innovation has enabled it to produce a comprehensive line of plastic laboratory disposables and reusable glassware that exceeds American Standard Testing Method (ASTM) standards for life science research.

The HYPERFlask™ cell culture vessel will be available in March 2007.

Corning® CellBIND® Surface HYPERFlask® Cell Culture Vessel

Corning Life Sciences

The High Yield PERformance Flask (HYPERFlask) cell culture vessel has 1720 cm2 available growth area on a polystyrene gas permeable surface. Treated for optimal cell attachment and gamma sterilized. Bar coded and compatible for use on Cell Culture Automation Platforms. Solid cap with liner on a straight neck designed for filling with growth medium. Made with USP Class VI Materials – molded and assembled in a Certified Class 100,000 clean room Sterile – gamma irradiated to sterility assurance level (SAL) 10⁻⁶ Clean Room Packaging – each pack is double bagged. Innovative 10Layer Design – 10 interconnected polystyrene growth surfaces Optimal Growth – Corning CellBIND® Surface treated gas permeable polystyrene for superior cell attachment and growth Increase Cell Yield – 10-fold higher cell yield increases productivity and capacity Time and Space Savings – Reduce processing time and incubator storage space by handling one flask compared to 10 traditional 175 cm2 flasks

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