Container having wall protrusion and sensor region
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
InventorsMarek Hoehse, Thomas Regen
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Abstract
A container having at least one wall protrusion for mounting at least one sensor from the outside for sensing at least one variable of a medium contained in a container interior is provided. The wall protrusion can be arranged on a container wall and configured to at least partly extend around the container interior and the medium. The wall protrusion can include at least one sensor region that is configured so that the at least one variable can be sensed through the sensor region by means of the sensor.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a container wall;
- a container interior;
- and
- at least one wall protrusion element for attaching at least one sensor from an outer side of the container for sensing at least one variable of a medium contained in the container interior,
- wherein the wall protrusion element comprises a wall protrusion and a wall bulge, and the wall bulge comprises a shape that is substantially spherical, substantially hemispherical, a section of an ellipsoid, or a spherical section that does not correspond to a hemisphere,
- wherein the wall protrusion is arranged on the container wall and at least partly surrounds the container interior and the medium, and
- wherein the at least one wall protrusion element comprises at least one sensor region through which a variable of the medium can be determined using a sensor device that does not contact the medium.
A wall protrusion element for fastening on a container wall of a container, the wall protrusion element comprising:
- a wall protrusion and a wall bulge,
- wherein the wall bulge comprises a shape that is substantially spherical, substantially hemispherical, a section of an ellipsoid, or a spherical section that does not correspond to a hemisphere,
- wherein the wall protrusion is configured to receive at least one sensor from an outer side of the container for sensing at least one variable of a medium contained in a container interior,
- wherein the wall protrusion is configured to at least partly surround the container interior and to extend outwardly from a container wall contour of the container wall;
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- wherein the wall protrusion element comprises at least one sensor region configured so that the variable can be sensed through the sensor region by means of the at least one sensor.
A method for providing a sensing of at least one variable of a medium contained in a container interior of a container, comprising the steps of:
- arranging a wall protrusion element comprising a wall protrusion and a wall bulge on a container wall of the container so that the wall bulge extends outwardly from a container wall contour of the container wall, wherein the wall bulge comprises a shape that is substantially spherical, substantially hemispherical, a section of an ellipsoid, or a spherical section that does not correspond to a hemisphere;
- at least partly surrounding the container interior and the medium by the wall protrusion;
- providing at least one sensor region on the wall protrusion;
- attaching from an outer side of the container at least one sensor relative to at least one wall protrusion;
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- sensing the variable of the medium through the sensor region by means of the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.