Container for 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.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a first layer;
- a second layer, the first layer and second layer being coupled together to form a flexible 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 port coupled to the first end portion of the flexible container, the port defining an opening into the storage volume through which a target material can be conveyed into the storage volume;
- an end portion seal configured to be applied after the target material is within the storage volume, the end portion seal being at the first end portion of the flexible container, the end portion seal fluidically isolating the port from the storage volume;
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- an end portion frangible region extending between the first edge and the second edge along the end portion seal, the end portion frangible region configured for physically separating the port from the storage volume while keeping the storage volume isolated.
A method for storing a target material, the method comprising:
- conveying a target material into a storage volume of a flexible container via a port, the storage volume being defined between a first layer of the flexible container and a second layer of the flexible container, the port being coupled to a first end portion of the flexible container and defining an opening into the storage volume;
- sealing an end portion seal following the conveyance of the target material into the storage volume to fluidically isolate the port from the storage volume;
- physically separating the port from the flexible container via an end portion frangible region following the sealing of the end portion seal, the end portion frangible region extending between a first edge and a second edge of the flexible container along the end portion seal;
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- maintaining the fluidic isolation of the storage volume via the sealed end portion seal following the physical separation of the port from the flexible container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.