Systems and methods for mixing bioprocessing materials

A system for mixing a bioprocessing fluid comprising:

• a support member configured to support a container configured to receive the bioprocessing fluid in a channel in an interior of a housing, said interior bounded by walls of said housing;
• a first mixing arm and a second mixing arm located in said interior, said first mixing arm connected to said second mixing arm by a connecting member;
• said channel bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm and configured to receive the container, said first mixing arm located in said channel;
• said support member selectively connectable to said walls of said housing to selectively adjust a height of said support member to allow containers of different heights to be received in said channel;
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• said connecting member movable to cause said first mixing arm to move toward said first stationary arm to contact a first outer surface of the container to cause mixing of the bioprocessing fluid and to cause said first mixing arm to move toward said second stationary arm to inhibit contact between said first mixing arm and said first outer surface when the container is received in said channel.

A system for mixing a bioprocessing fluid comprising:

• a support member configured to support a container configured to receive the bioprocessing fluid in a channel in an interior of a housing, said interior bounded by walls of said housing;
• a first mixing arm and a second mixing arm located in said interior, said first mixing arm connected to said second mixing arm by a connecting member;
• said channel bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm and configured to receive the container, said first mixing arm located in said channel;
• said support member comprising a plate having a plurality of grooves configured to receive a plurality of containers and to suspend a container in said channel, said support member comprising vertical legs to support said plate, said support member configured to be received between said walls in said interior and said support member separable from said interior to support the plurality of containers outside said interior;
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• said connecting member movable to cause said first mixing arm to move toward said first stationary arm to contact a first outer surface of the container to cause mixing of the bioprocessing fluid and to cause said first mixing arm to move toward said second stationary arm to inhibit contact between said first mixing arm and said first outer surface when the container is received in said channel and said support member is received in said interior.

A method for mixing a bioprocessing fluid, the method comprising:

• receiving bioprocessing fluid in a container;
• supporting the container via a support member in a first channel in an interior of a housing, the first channel bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm;
• bounding a second channel by a third stationary arm and a fourth stationary arm, the second channel configured to receive a second container;
• locating a first mixing arm and a second mixing arm in the interior, the first mixing arm connected to the second mixing arm by a connecting member, the first mixing arm located in the first channel and the second mixing arm located in the second channel;
• moving the connecting member to cause the first mixing arm to move toward the first stationary arm to contact a first outer surface of the container to cause mixing of the bioprocessing fluid held in the container;
• moving the connecting member to cause the first mixing arm to move towards the second stationary arm to inhibit contact between the first mixing arm and the first outer surface;
• moving the second mixing arm toward the third stationary arm when the first mixing arm moves toward the first stationary arm;
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• moving the second mixing arm toward the first stationary arm when the first mixing moves toward the second stationary arm.

A system for mixing a bioprocessing fluid comprising:

• a first container and a second container receiving the bioprocessing fluid;
• a support member to fasten said first container and said second container in an interior of a housing;
• a first channel bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm, said first channel receiving said first container and said second container;
• a second channel bounded by said second stationary arm and a third stationary arm, said second channel configured to receive a third container and a fourth container;
• a first movable mixing arm between said first stationary arm and said second stationary arm;
• said first mixing arm movable toward said first stationary arm to contact a first outer surface of said first container to deform a shape of said first container to cause mixing of the bioprocessing fluid and said first mixing arm movable in a reverse direction to move away from said first container and to contact said second container to deform said second container;
• a second movable mixing arm between said second stationary arm and said third stationary arm;
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• said second movable mixing arm movable toward said second stationary arm to contact a third outer surface of said third container to cause a mixing of the bioprocessing fluid and said second mixing arm movable in a reverse direction to move away from said third container and to contact said fourth container to deform said fourth container.

A system for mixing a bioprocessing fluid comprising:

• a container receiving the bioprocessing fluid;
• a support member supporting said container in an interior of a housing;
• a first channel bounded by a first stationary arm and a second stationary arm, said first channel receiving said container;
• a second channel bounded by a third stationary arm and a fourth stationary arm and said second channel configured to receive a second container;
• a first mixing arm and a second mixing arm located in said interior, said first mixing arm located in said first channel and said second mixing arm located in said second channel;
• said first mixing arm movably connected to said housing to allow said first mixing arm to move toward said first stationary arm to contact a first outer surface of said container to cause mixing of the bioprocessing fluid and to allow said first mixing arm to move toward said second stationary arm to inhibit contact between said first mixing arm and said first outer surface;
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• said second mixing arm movably connected to said housing to allow said second mixing arm to move toward said third stationary arm and to allow said second mixing arm to move toward said fourth stationary arm.