Container with biological materials having multiple sealed portions
AssigneeInstant Systems, Inc.
InventorsTara C. Ramsey, Uzair Rajput
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed having a first layer coupled to a second layer via a plurality of seals to define a storage volume that is separable by at least one intermediate seal into a first volume and a second volume. The intermediate seal is applicable after a material is introduced into the storage volume storage. The apparatus includes a first opening into the storage volume and a second opening into the storage volume. The first opening and the second opening are positioned near opposite edges. The apparatus also includes a first frangible region positioned along the intermediate seal and configured for separation of the first volume and the second volume.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a first layer;
- a second layer, the first layer and second layer being coupled together to form a container having a first end portion, a second end portion, a first edge between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a second edge between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first edge opposite the second edge;
- a plurality of seals coupling the first layer and the second layer together along at least the first end portion, the second end portion, the first edge, or the second edge to define a storage volume between the first layer and the second layer;
- a first opening into the storage volume, the first opening being positioned at the first end portion, the first opening being suitable to receive a material;
- at least one intermediate seal extending between the first edge and the second edge, the at least one intermediate seal separating the storage volume into a first volume and a second volume, the intermediate seal being applicable after a target material is introduced into the storage volume such that the target material is stored within the first volume and the second volume;
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- a frangible region extending along the at least one intermediate seal, the frangible region allowing for physical separation of the container into a first container portion and a second container portion, the first container portion including the first volume and the second container portion including the second volume, the second container portion including a tapered portion that extends from an end of the second edge to a tip at the second end portion,
- wherein the plurality of seals coupling the first layer and the second layer includes a peelable seal at the tip, the peelable seal is configured such that the first layer can be peeled away from the second layer to produce a second opening at the tip.
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