Container
AssigneeSingle Use Support GmbH
InventorJohannes Kirchmair
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Abstract
A container is provided for receiving a bag filled with a fluid, in particular a biopharmaceutical fluid, in which connector tubing is attached to the bag. The container includes a dish portion and a lid portion, and the dish portion is divided into a main compartment of the container and a tubing compartment of the container. The lid portion includes a main portion, a tubing portion, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion, and the hinge is adapted to allow for an opening of the tubing portion while the main portion remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from outside of the container.
Claims14
A container for receiving a bag filled with a fluid, wherein connector tubing is attached to the bag, the container comprising:
- a dish portion;
- and
- a lid portion,
- wherein the dish portion is divided into a main compartment of the container and a tubing compartment of the container,
- wherein the lid portion includes a main portion, a tubing portion, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion,
- wherein the hinge is configured to allow for an opening of the tubing portion and tubing compartment while the main portion and main compartment remain closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from outside of the container,
- wherein the dish portion has a constriction dividing the dish portion into the main compartment and the tubing compartment, the constriction being configured to hold the connector tubing through a squeezing action between the constriction and the lid portion, and
- wherein the constriction is arranged between the hinge and the main compartment.
A method of delivering a fluid in a bag attached to connector tubing, the method comprising:
- arranging the bag filled with the fluid together with the connector tubing in the container such that the bag is in a main compartment of the container and the connector tubing is in a tubing compartment of the container, the container having a constriction dividing the container into the main compartment and the tubing compartment, the constriction being configured to hold the connector tubing through a squeezing action between the constriction and a lid portion of the container, the lid portion of the container including a main portion to cover the main compartment, a tubing portion to cover the tubing compartment, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion, the constriction being arranged between the hinge and the main compartment of the container;
- closing the container and delivering the container to a location where the fluid is to be withdrawn from the bag;
- opening the tubing compartment while the main compartment remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from the outside of the container, and
- withdrawing the fluid from the bag via the connector tubing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.