Multi-level port vessel for use in bioreactor systems
AssigneePBS Biotech, Inc.
InventorsGary Evans, Sunghoon Jung
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Abstract
A multi-level port vessel includes a vessel body defining an interior volume. The vessel body has a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, a bottom, and a top. The top is open and adapted to be covered by a removable lid. A vertically oriented mixing wheel is disposed within the interior volume. The vertically oriented mixing wheel has a substantially horizontal rotation axis when the vessel body is disposed on a substantially horizontal surface. A plurality of ports is disposed in one of the rear wall, the front wall, or the side walls. At least one port in the plurality of ports is located at an elevation that is at least partially encompassed by a projection of the perimeter of the vertically oriented mixing wheel.
Claims27
A multi-level port vessel, comprising:
- a vessel body defining an interior volume, the vessel body having a front wall, a rear wall, two side walls, a bottom, and a top, the top being open and being adapted to be covered by a removable lid;
- a vertically oriented mixing wheel disposed within the interior volume, the vertically oriented mixing wheel having a substantially horizontal rotation axis when the vessel body is disposed on a substantially horizontal surface;
- a plurality of ports disposed in one of the rear wall, the front wall, or the side walls, at least one port of the plurality of ports being located at an elevation that is at least partially encompassed by a projection of the perimeter of the vertically oriented mixing wheel.
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A method of accessing an interior volume of a vessel, the method comprising:
- providing a vessel body defining an interior volume, the vessel body including a vertically oriented mixing wheel having a substantially horizontal rotation axis when the vessel body is disposed on a substantially horizontal surface;
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- accessing the interior volume of the vessel body via one of a plurality of ports in the vessel body, each port being located in one of a rear wall, a front wall, or a side wall of the vessel body, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports is located at an elevation that is occupied at least partially by a projection of the perimeter of the mixing wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.