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US 2004/0233779 A1Published application
Flexible mixing bag for mixing solids, liquids and gases
AssigneeAdvanced Technology Materials, Inc.
InventorJean-Pascal Zambaux
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a conduit. The apparatus also includes two or more flexible compartments. Each of the two or more flexible compartments has an interior wall defining a storage area configured to house a substance. Each of the two or more flexible compartments includes a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal ends of the two or more flexible compartments are coupled to the conduit such that the conduit defines a passageway between the two or more flexible compartments. A diameter of the storage area at the proximal end is less than a diameter of the storage area at the distal end.
Claims43
An apparatus comprising:
- a conduit;
- and
- two or more flexible compartments, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments has an interior wall defining a storage area configured to house a substance, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments comprises a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal ends of the two or more flexible compartments coupled to the conduit such that the conduit defines a passageway between the two or more flexible compartments, wherein a diameter of the storage area at the proximal end is less than a diameter of the storage area at the distal end.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first flexible compartment having an interior wall defining a first storage area to hold a first substance;
- a second flexible compartment having an interior wall defining a second storage area to hold a second substance;
- a third flexible compartment having an interior wall defining a third storage area to hold a third substance;
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- a junction element coupled between the first flexible compartment, the second flexible compartment and the third flexible compartment, wherein a passage of the junction element to the third flexible compartment is to be closed for at least a partial time when the first substance and the second substance are to at least partially mix through the junction element during rotation of the apparatus.
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A system comprising:
- a single-use flexible mixing apparatus comprising a conduit, a first flexible compartment and a second flexible compartment, wherein the first flexible compartment has an interior wall defining a first storage area to hold a first substance, the first flexible compartment having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end of the first flexible compartment coupled to the conduit, wherein a width of the first storage area is smallest at the proximal end, wherein the second flexible compartment has an interior wall defining a second storage area to hold a second substance, the second flexible compartment having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end of the second flexible compartment coupled to the conduit, wherein a width of the second storage area is smallest at the proximal end;
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- a mixing support to support the single-use flexible mixing apparatus.
A method comprising:
- mixing the two or more substances based on rotation of a single-use flexible mixing device, wherein the single-use flexible mixing device comprises a conduit and two or more flexible compartments, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments has an interior wall defining a storage area configured to house a substance, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments comprises a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal ends of the two or more flexible compartments coupled to the conduit such that the conduit defines a passageway between the two or more flexible compartments, wherein a diameter of the storage area at the proximal end is less than a diameter of the storage area at the distal end.
A method comprising:
- loading a number of different substances into a number of separate compartments of a single-use flexible mixing device through separate inlets for the number of different substances;
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- mixing the number of different substances through a single connection that couples the number of separate compartments together based on rotation on the single-use flexible mixing device.
A method comprising:
- closing passages between a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment of a single-use flexible mixing apparatus at a connection that connects the first compartment, the second compartment and the third compartment;
- loading a first substance in the first compartment through a first inlet in the first compartment;
- loading a second substance in the second compartment through a second inlet in the second compartment;
- loading a third substance in the third compartment through a third inlet in the third compartment;
- opening the opening for the first compartment and the opening for the second compartment;
- mixing the first substance in the first compartment with the second substance in the second compartment based on rotation of the single-use flexible mixing apparatus;
- opening the opening for the third compartment;
- mixing the third substance in the third compartment with the mixture of the first substance and the second substances based on rotation of the single-use flexible mixing apparatus;
- draining a result of the mixing the third substance in the third compartment with the mixture of the first substance and the second substances from an outlet opening in the first compartment;
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- discarding the single-use flexible mixing apparatus.
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A kit comprising:
- a flexible mixing device comprising a conduit and two or more flexible compartments, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments has an interior wall defining a storage area configured to house a substance, wherein each of the two or more flexible compartments comprises a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal ends of the two or more flexible compartments coupled to the conduit such that the conduit defines a passageway between the two or more flexible compartments, wherein a diameter of the storage area at the proximal end is less than a diameter of the storage area at the distal end;
- packaging material;
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- instructions or indicia located on the packaging material or inside the packaging material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.