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US 10,766,003 B2Granted
Presterilizable filtration system to be disposed of after a single use
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
InventorsLars Boettcher, Frank Guthof, Jan Schaefer, Isabelle Gay
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Abstract
A presterilizable filtration system is provided and is to be disposed of after a single use. The system has a recirculation tank and a filtration module that are connected to each other in a circuit via a hose system that can be regulated by at least one valve. The valve has a disposable separate valve part that can be integrated in the hose system and a reusable actuator.
Claims15
A filtration system, comprising:
- a pre-sterilized subsystem (2) that includes:
- at least one disposable Container (6);
- at least one disposable filtration module (7);
- a disposable hose system (8) connecting the at least one container (6) and the at least one filtration module (7);
- a disposable pump part (14) integrated into the hose system (8) between the at least one container (6) and the at least one filtration module (7);
- a disposable, valve part (12) integrated in the hose system (8) and having a variable passage;
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- a plurality of disposable measuring cells (28) integrated into the hose system (8);
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- a reusable filtration installation (1) that includes:
- a reusable pump drive (15) removably associated with the disposable pump part (14) for selectively operating the disposable pump part (14) to control flow through the hose system (8);
- a reusable actuator (13) removably associated with the disposable valve part (12) and operating the disposable valve part (12) for selectively varying the passage of the disposable valve part (12) to control flow through the hose system (8);
- reusable transducers (29) removably associated respectively with the disposable measuring cells (12);
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- a controlling unit (4) connected to the reusable actuator (13), to the reusable transducers (29) and to the reusable pump drive (15) for controlling the disposable pump part (14) and for controlling the reusable actuator (13) and thereby controlling the disposable valve part (12) of the valve (11) and for receiving information from the measuring cells (28), and
- wherein the at least one container (6), the at least one filtration module (7), the hose system (8), the disposable valve part (12), disposable measuring cells (28) and the disposable pump part (14) are prepackaged in a sterile manner for connection to the reusable actuator (13), the reusable pump drive (15) and the reusable transducers (29).
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