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US 10,647,565 B2Granted
Fluid transfer interface
AssigneeSartorius Stedium North America, Inc.
InventorMichael A. Zumbrum
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Abstract
Fluid transfer interfaces for transferring fluid into or out of vessels, namely flexible polymeric bags. The fluid transfer interfaces have a body for use in connection with a vessel, or combined therewith, one or more apertures extending through the body, and one or more fluid transfer conduits secured to the body by way of a cast seal and extending continuously and axially through the one or more apertures. Also disclosed is a vessel closure having one or more fluid transfer conduits extending through the closure, the fluid transfer conduits affixed to the closure by a cast seal.
Claims21
An assembly, comprising:
- a vessel having an interior and an exterior;
- and
- a fluid transfer interface, comprising:
- a rigid body,
- one or more apertures extending through the body, and
- one or more fluid transfer conduits secured to the body by way of a cast seal and extending continuously and axially through the one or more apertures,
- the cast seal comprising a silicone casting agent disposed within the body in liquid form and cured into a cured state after the one or more fluid transfer conduits are inserted through the one or more apertures to permanently fix the cast seal to the body and permanently fix the cast seal to the one or more fluid transfer conduits;
- wherein the cast seal of the fluid transfer interface forms an aseptic seal between the interior of the vessel and the exterior of the vessel.
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