Pump for a bioprocessing system
AssigneeCytiva Sweden AB
InventorsAndreas Lundin, Christopher Ford, Klaus Gebauer, Per Stromberg
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a pump (100, 1100, 2100) for providing substantially continuous liquid flow in a bioprocessing system (200), the pump (100, 1100, 2100) comprising: a pressurisable outlet chamber (122, 1122) in fluidic communication with an outlet (126, 1126, 2126) of the pump (100, 1100, 2100); and a pressurisable feed chamber (120, 1120) connected in series with the outlet chamber (122, 1122), wherein the feed chamber (120, 1120) is configured to fill the outlet chamber (122, 1122) during discharge of liquid from the outlet chamber (122, 1122).
Claims19
A pump for providing substantially continuous liquid flow in a bioprocessing system, the pump comprising:
- a pressurisable outlet chamber in fluidic communication with an outlet of the pump;
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- a pressurisable feed chamber connected in series with the outlet chamber, wherein the feed chamber is configured to fill the outlet chamber during discharge of liquid from the outlet chamber, and
- wherein each of the feed chamber and the outlet chamber is pressurisable by deformation of a respective flexible diaphragm of the chamber, wherein each respective flexible diaphragm is deformable by application of a control fluid to the flexible diaphragm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.