Biopharmaceutical container, biopharmaceutical container bag, and method for the production and use of said biopharmaceutical container
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Fmt SAS
InventorNicolas Mendyk
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Abstract
The invention relates to a biopharmaceutical container comprising: a connector to be secured to a chamber connector; a bag serving as a receptacle, one part of which is secured to the connector; and a flexible tube tucked inside the bag, which tube can extend out from the bag through the connector. The biopharmaceutical container, wherein: the tube forms part of the bag, the tube is a neck of reduced size extending from the body of the bag, and the aforementioned part of the bag that is secured to the connector is a fold in the wall of the bag, said wall of the bag forming the body of the bag on one side of the fold and the tube on the other side of the fold.
Claims33
A biopharmaceutical container, comprising:
- a connector configured to be secured to a chamber connector,
- a bag, serving as a receptacle, comprising a wall with a part of which secured to the connector;
- and
- a flexible sleeve tucked inside the bag and operable to be unrolled out from the bag through the connector, and
- wherein:
- the sleeve forms part of the bag;
- said part of the wall secured to the connector comprises a fold of the wall of the bag;
- the wall of the bag forms a body of the bag extending from one side of the fold, and the sleeve extending from the other side of the fold;
- and
- the sleeve comprises a neck portion of reduced size extending from the body of the bag and forms a free end of the bag with an open opening that is in communication with an interior of the bag.
A biopharmaceutical container, comprising:
- a connector configured to be secured to a chamber connector;
- a bag, serving as a receptacle, comprising a wall that forms a body, one part of the wall being secured to the connector;
- and
- a flexible sleeve tucked inside the bag that is operable to be unrolled out from the bag through the connector,
- wherein:
- the sleeve forms an end portion of the bag with an open opening that is in communication with an interior of the bag;
- the sleeve extends from the body of the bag, and has a greatest dimension that is the same as a dimension of the body portion, the greatest dimension of the sleeve being between 100 mm and 300 mm;
- said part of the wall that is secured to the connector is a fold of the wall of the bag;
- and
- the body extends from one side of the fold and the sleeve extends from the other side of the fold.
A biopharmaceutical container bag, comprising:
- a bag comprising a body serving as a receptacle;
- and
- a part of the bag configured to be secured to a connector of the container bag,
- wherein:
- a flexible sleeve, which is tucked inside the body of the bag and operable to be unrolled out from the body of the bag through the part of the bag configured to be secured to the connector of the container, forms a portion of the bag and a neck of reduced size extending the body of the bag;
- the sleeve forms a free end of the bag with an open opening that is in communication with an interior of the bag;
- the part of the bag configured to be secured to the connector of the container is a fold of a wall of the bag;
- and
- the body of the bag extends from one side of the fold and the sleeve of the bag extends from the other side of the fold.
A method for producing a biopharmaceutical container, comprising:
- producing a bag comprising a body extended by a neck of reduced size, the neck having a free end with an opening,
- tucking the neck inside the body of the bag, and thereby forming a fold in a wall of the bag between the body of the bag and the neck of the bag wherein the opening at the free end of the neck is in communication with the body of the bag, and
- securing the fold to a connector configured to be connected to a chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.