Container with film Sparger
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsMichael E. Goodwin, Nephi D. Jones, Derik R. West
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Abstract
A container assembly includes a flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a chamber and an opposing exterior surface, the bag having a bottom end wall being comprised of a first sheet overlying a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet of the bottom end wall being welded together so as to form a first sparging area and a separated second sparging area that are both bounded between the first sheet and the second sheet, at least a portion of the first sheet overlying the first and second sparging areas being gas permeable.
Claims19
A container assembly comprising a flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a chamber and an opposing exterior surface, the bag having a bottom end wall being comprised of a flexible first sheet overlying a flexible second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet of the bottom end wall being secured together so as to form a first sparging area and a separated second sparging area that are both bounded between the first sheet and the second sheet, at least a portion of the first sheet overlying the first and second sparging areas being gas permeable so that gas can pass from the first and second sparging areas, through the first sheet, and into the chamber.
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