Container
AssigneeSingle Use Support GmbH
InventorJohannes KIRCHMAIR
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Abstract
A container for receiving a bag filled with a fluid, in particular a biopharmaceutical fluid, wherein connector tubing is attached to the bag. The container includes a dish portion and a lid portion, and the dish portion is divided into a main compartment of the container and a tubing compartment of the container. The lid portion includes a main portion, a tubing portion, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion, and the hinge is adapted to allow for an opening of the tubing portion while the main portion remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from the outside.
Claims10
A container for receiving a bag filled with a fluid, in particular a biopharmaceutical fluid, wherein connector tubing is attached to the bag, the container comprising:
- a dish portion and a lid portion,
- wherein the dish portion is divided into a main compartment of the container and a tubing compartment of the container,
- and wherein the lid portion includes a main portion, a tubing portion, and a hinge between the main portion and the tubing portion,
- and wherein the hinge is adapted to allow for an opening of the tubing portion while the main portion remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from the outside.
A method of delivering a fluid, in particular a biopharmaceutical fluid, in a bag attached to connector tubing, wherein:
- the bag filled with the fluid together with the connector tubing is arranged in a container, such that the bag is in a main compartment of the container and the connector tubing is in a tubing compartment of the container,
- the container is closed and delivered to a location where the fluid is to be taken from the bag,
- the tubing compartment is opened while the main compartment remains closed, such that the bag remains protected in the main compartment while the connector tubing in the tubing compartment is accessible from the outside, and
- the fluid is taken from the bag via the connector tubing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.