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US 12,384,995 B2Granted
Insertable components for single-use containers
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
InventorFrank Maggiore
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Abstract
An assembly includes a single-use sterilizable bag for containing a biological material. The single-use sterilizable bag has at least one insertion opening; and at least one insertable component configured to be inserted into the single-use sterilizable bag via the at least one insertion opening. The at least one insertable component includes a positioning unit for positioning the insertable component with respect to the single-use sterilizable bag and at least one of a processing unit and a sensing unit for handling the biological material.
Claims16
An assembly comprising:
- a single-use sterilizable bag for containing a biological material, the single-use sterilizable bag having at least one insertion opening;
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- at least one insertable component configured to be inserted entirely into the single-use sterilizable bag via the at least one insertion opening and to perform one or more specified tasks with respect to the biological material in the single-use sterilizable bag, wherein the at least one insertable component comprises:
- a positioning unit comprising a dynamic element configured to move the insertable component into a specific position in the single-use sterilizable bag at which the one or more specified tasks is to be carried out;
- a sensing unit and a processing unit for handling the biological material, the processing unit being at least one of a mixing device, a filtration device, an aeration device, a purification device, a centrifugation device and a cell cultivation device that manipulates the biological material in the single-use sterilizable bag to mechanically or chemically modify the biological material;
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- a controlling unit configured to autonomously control all operations of the sensing unit and the processing unit without input from outside the single-use sterilizable bag, wherein the controlling unit controls the processing unit based on whether a measured parameter received from the sensing unit has exceeded a predetermined threshold.
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