Filtration system for cell removal systems and methods of using the same
AssigneeEMD Millipore Corporation
InventorsClinton Boyd Pepper, David Andrew Hansen
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Abstract
A filtration system can include a loading member configured to receive a plurality of filtration members which can be sequentially moved from a non-active position in which a respective one of the plurality of filtration members is not in fluid communication with a sample flow path of the cell removal system, to an active position in which the respective filtration member is in fluid communication with the sample flow path, and to a discarded position in which the respective filtration member has been removed from fluid communication with the sample flow path.
Claims21
1-14. (canceled)
A filtration system for use with a cell removal system, comprising:
- a loading member configured to receive a plurality of filtration members, each of the plurality of filtration members including filtration inlet, a filtration outlet, and a filtration flow path that extends from the filtration inlet to the filtration outlet;
- at least one actuator configured to move the plurality of filtration members, sequentially, from a non-active position in which a respective one of the plurality of filtration members is not in fluid communication with a sample flow path of the cell removal system, to an active position in which a respective filtration member is in fluid communication with the sample flow path, and to a discarded position in which the respective filtration member has been removed from fluid communication with the sample flow path.
A cell removal system comprising:
- a sample flow path having a sample inlet for receiving a sample of a cell-containing solution;
- a loading member configured to receive a plurality of filtration members, each of the plurality of filtration members including filtration inlet, a filtration outlet, and a filtration flow path that extends from the filtration inlet to the filtration outlet;
- at least one actuator configured to move the plurality of filtration members, sequentially, from a non-active position in which a respective one of the plurality of filtration members is not in fluid communication with a sample flow path of the cell removal system, to an active position in which a respective filtration member is in fluid communication with the sample flow path, and to a discarded position in which the respective filtration member has been removed from fluid communication with the sample flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.