Method and installation for automatic handling of bag systems
AssigneeMacoPharma
InventorsFrancis Goudaliez, Thierry Verpoort
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for automatic handling of bag systems (3) in an installation and said installation. The method comprises steps which consist in: loading at least a bag system (3) in a handling device (2), said bag system (3) being in a position such that no filtering of the fluid will take place; automatically actuating the handling device (2) so that the bag system (3) is handled to a position wherein filtering occurs; unloading the bag system (3) present in the handling device (2) when all the filtrate is received in the secondary bag (36).
Claims27
An automatic handling process for at least one bag system (3) in an installation;
- the said bag system (3) comprising at least one primary bag (34) containing a fluid, particularly a body fluid, for example blood or a blood component, at least one filtration unit (35) and at least one secondary bag (36) to collect the filtrate, the said process comprising the following steps:
- loading at least one bag system (3) into a handling device (2), the said bag system (3) being in a position such that filtration does not occur;
- automatic activation of the handling device (2) so that the bag system (3) is moved to a position in which the fluid flows from the primary bag (34) to the secondary bag (36) passing through the filtration unit (35), to filter the fluid at a pre-determined time;
- unloading the bag system (3) in the handling device (2) when the filtrate has been collected in the secondary bag (36).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.