Flask and method for drying biological materials
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsThurein M. Htoo, John H. Crowe, Ann E. Oliver, Fern Tablin
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Abstract
A device for holding substances during drying comprising a flask having a structure defining an opening. A pair of contiguous or juxtaposed filters is disposed in the opening. A freeze-drying assembly comprising a freeze-drying apparatus, and the device disposed in the apparatus for holding substances during freeze-drying processing. A method for processing a substance under sterile conditions comprising disposing a substance in a flask, positioning the flask in a drying apparatus, and passing a drying medium through a pair of juxtaposed filters for drying the substance.
Claims18
A device for holding substances during drying comprising a flask having a structure defining an opening;
- a first filter member disposed in the opening;
- and a second filter member disposed in the opening juxtaposedly to the first filter member.
A freeze-drying assembly comprising a freeze-drying apparatus;
- and a device disposed in said apparatus for holding substances during freeze-drying, said device comprising a flask having a structure defining an opening, a first filter member disposed in the opening, and a second filter member disposed in the opening juxtaposedly to the first filter member.
A method for processing a substance under sterile conditions comprising disposing a substance in a flask;
- positioning the flask in a drying apparatus;
- and passing a drying medium through a first filter member and through a second filter member juxtaposed to the first filter member for drying the substance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.