Systems and methods for processing complex biological materials
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNichole Lea Wood, Reginald Donovan Smith, Hongyi Zhou, Liming Yu, Brian Polizzotti, Peter Miller
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Abstract
Method and systems, for processing biological material, that contain a biological material in a vessel; add an aggregating agent to the material in the vessel and allow the material to separate into two or more distinct submaterials; extract one or more of the submaterials from the vessel; automatically transport one or more of the submaterials remaining in the vessel to a filtration device; and collect a resulting target retentate into a target retentate receptacle.
Claims30
An system for processing biological material comprising,
- a vessel for containing and enabling the biological material to separate into two or more distinct submaterials;
- an extraction device for removing at least one of the submaterials from the vessel;
- a filtration device;
- a conduit through which one or more submaterials are transported between the vessel and the filtration device;
- and
- a control device for at least transporting one or more of the submaterials between the vessel and the filtration device via the conduit.
A method for processing biological material comprising,
- providing a biological material in a vessel;
- adding an aggregating agent to the material in the vessel and allowing the material to separate into two or more distinct submaterials;
- extracting one or more of the submaterials from the vessel;
- automatically transporting one or more of the submaterials remaining in the vessel to a filtration device;
- and
- collecting a resulting target retentate into a target retentate receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.