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US 11,376,587 B2Granted
Fluid connector
AssigneeCellares Corporation
InventorsBharat S. Thakkar, Fabian Gerlinghaus, Brian Alexander Pesch
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are cell processing systems, devices, and methods thereof. A system for cell processing may comprise a plurality of instruments each independently configured to perform one or more cell processing operations upon a cartridge, and a robot capable of moving the cartridge between each of the plurality of instruments.
Claims27
A system, comprising:
- a fluid connector, comprising:
- a first connector comprising a first proximal end configured to couple to a first fluid device, and a first distal end comprising a first port;
- and
- a second connector comprising a second proximal end configured to couple to a second fluid device, and a second distal end comprising a second port configured to couple to the first port,
- wherein the first distal end comprises a first lumen and a first valve, the first valve configured to translate within the first lumen;
- and the second distal end comprises a second lumen and a second valve, the second valve is configured to translate within the second lumen, and one of the first valve and the second valve is configured to translate within the first lumen and the second lumen;
- a robot configured to operate the fluid connector;
- and
- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, the controller coupled to the robot, the controller configured to:
- generate a first port signal to couple the first port to the second port using the robot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.