Single-use container with 3d printed functional element, printing method therefor and assembly
AssigneeSartorius Stedim Fmt SAS
InventorsRichard Bendall, Jeremy Pullin, Isabelle Gay
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Abstract
A method for producing a single-use container, particularly a single-use bioreactor, an assembly system, and a single-use container particularly a single-use bag such as a single-use bioreactor comprising: a base material; and at least one functional element being at least partially connected with the base material, wherein the functional element is obtained by a three dimensional printing technique from at least one printable material, wherein the printable material is heated during the three dimensional printing thereby at least partly connecting the printed functional element to the base material.
Claims21
-16. (canceled)
A single-use container for use as a bioreactor, comprising:
- a base material;
- and
- at least one functional element being at least partially connected to the base material,
- wherein the functional element comprises at least one printable material that is connected to the base material by heating the at least one printable material and/or the base material during three-dimensional printing of the at least one printable material.
A method of producing a single-use container by producing a functional element and connecting the functional element with a base material of the container, comprising the steps of:
- providing the base material;
- three-dimensional printing of the functional element from a printable material on a surface of the base material;
- and
- connecting at least a portion of the functional element with at least a portion of the base material by supplying heat to the printable material and/or the base material simultaneously to and/or prior to at least an interval of the step of three dimensional printing.
An assembly device for producing a functional element and connecting the functional element with a base material to produce a single-use container, comprising:
- a three-dimensional printing device for printing a functional element on a surface of the base material, the functional element being a printable material;
- and
- at least one heating device for supplying heat to the printable material and/or the base material during the three-dimensional printing and thereby at least partly connecting the printed functional element to the base material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.