Process and device for transfer of sterile products between a container and an isolator
AssigneeLa Calhene
InventorsJean-Pierre Brossard, Philippe Fontcuberta, Jean-Michel Riviere
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Abstract
Sterile products contained in a container (10) are transferred into a sterile isolator (12) by connecting the container onto a lock (28) fitted on the outside of the isolator (12) and equipped with a pulsed light sterilization device (28). The connection between the lock (28) and the isolator (12) is made by a sealed double door transfer device. The throwaway container is equipped with a plug type closer (16), cutout from the inside of the isolator (12) after sterilizing the volume (40) inside the lock (28) and opening the double door (24, 38).
Claims16
A process for transferring sterile products between a transport container and a sterile isolator, comprising the steps of:
- docking the container onto the isolator;
- sterilizing an enclosed volume formed between closers provided on the container and the isolator;
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- opening said closers before starting to transfer the products;
- wherein the container is docked onto a lock connected on an outside of the isolator and normally separated from the isolator by said isolator's closer, said lock including sterilization means and delimiting the enclosed volume.
A device for transferring sterile products between a transport container and a sterile isolator, said device comprising:
- a container closer;
- an isolator closer;
- means of docking the container onto the isolator, in order to delimit an enclosed volume between the container closer and the isolator closer when docking is complete;
- sterilization means for sterilizing said enclosed volume;
- the device further including a lock connected on an outside to the isolator and normally separated from the isolator by the isolator closer, said lock including the sterilization means and delimiting the enclosed volume.
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