IP Library Granted Patent US 10,322,388
Granted Patent B2
US 10,322,388 · App. 12/226,082 · Granted Jun 18, 2019

Container system with one container with a flexible partition

Inventors: Oscar-Werner Reif (Hannover, DE); Reinhard Baumfalk (Goettingen, DE); Gerhard Greller (Goettingen, DE)
Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
B01F15/0085B01F15/00896B01F7/16B01F11/04B01F13/08B01F2215/0032
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Patent No.
US 10,322,388
App. No.
12/226,082
Granted
Jun 18, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Container system with one container ( 1 ) with a flexible partition, in particular a disposable container, that can be inserted into a carrying container that supports its lateral container partition ( 10 ) and in which liquid medium ( 8 ) that has been poured in can be mixed, with the carrying container ( 4 ) featuring at least one baffle ( 15, 15′, 15″, 15′″ ) on the internal support partition ( 11 ) that forms the lateral container partition.

Claims (22)

1. A container arrangement comprising:

a rigid support container ( 4 ) having a closed bottom, an open top and a continuous lateral support container wall ( 12 ) with a concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 );

chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) that are structurally separate from one another and spaced from one another, each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) comprising a core ( 16 ) that is magnetically attachable to the concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 ) of the rigid support container ( 4 ), each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) further being coated with a plastics material and having a convex outwardly facing surface with a shape conforming to a shape defined by the concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral container wall ( 12 ), the convex outwardly facing surfaces being exchangeably fastened magnetically to the concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral container wall ( 12 ), each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) further having a convex inwardly facing surface projecting inward from the inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral support container wall ( 12 ), each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) have opposite top and bottom ends, the top end of each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) having a run-on surface ( 20 ) tapered out toward the lateral support container wall ( 12 ) at a position below the open top of the rigid support container ( 4 ), and the bottom end of each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) having a run-out surface ( 22 ) tapered out toward the lateral support container wall ( 12 ); and

a disposable container ( 1 ) formed from a flexible material and having a flexible lateral container wall ( 10 ), the disposable container ( 1 ) being in the rigid support container ( 4 ) so that the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) shape the flexible lateral container wall ( 10 ) of the disposable container ( 1 ) inwardly and assist a mixing process of a liquid medium ( 8 ) that has been introduced into the disposable container ( 1 ), wherein

the lateral support container wall ( 12 ) above the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) defines an opening area larger than an opening area at the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″), and

the run-on surfaces ( 20 ), the run-out surfaces ( 22 ) and the open area above the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) facilitate introduction and removal of the disposable container ( 1 ) through the open top without damage to the disposable container.

2. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) are oriented vertically.

3. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lateral support container wall ( 12 ) is generated about a longitudinal axis, and further characterized in that the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) are tilted through an angle relative to the longitudinal axis ( 17 ) of the lateral support container wall.

4. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cores ( 16 ) of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) are made of a ferromagnetic material.

5. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cores ( 16 ) of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) are made of metal and are fixed by a magnet that is arranged in the wall of the support container ( 4 ) or can be arranged from the outside.

6. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) are mechanically fastened to the inner support surface ( 11 ) of the support container ( 4 ).

7. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) have a rounded cross-sectional shape transversely to their longitudinal axis.

8. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the closed bottom of the support container ( 4 ) has a base wall ( 14 ) integral with a lower end of the lateral support container wall ( 12 ), the disposable container ( 1 ) further having a disposable container base ( 13 ) integral with a lower end of the flexible lateral container wall ( 10 ), the disposable container base ( 13 ) being supported on the base wall ( 14 ) of the support container ( 4 ).

9. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a mixer ( 3 ) mounted to a top part of the disposable container ( 1 ) and projecting into the disposable container ( 1 ).

10. A container arrangement comprising:

a rigid support container ( 4 ) having a continuous lateral support container wall ( 12 ) with a concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 ); and

chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) that are structurally separate from one another and spaced from one another, each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) comprising a core ( 16 ) that is magnetically attachable to the concave cylindrical inner support surface ( 11 ) of the rigid support container ( 4 ), each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) further being coated with a plastics material and having a convex outwardly facing surface with a shape conforming to a shape defined by the concave inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral container wall ( 12 ), the convex outwardly facing surfaces being exchangeably fastened magnetically to the inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral container wall ( 12 ), each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) further having a convex inwardly facing surface projecting inward from the inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral support container wall ( 12 ); and

a disposable container ( 1 ) formed from a flexible material and having a flexible lateral container wall ( 10 ) so that the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″, 15 ′″) shape the flexible lateral container wall ( 10 ) of the disposable container ( 1 ) inwardly and assist a mixing process of a liquid medium ( 8 ) that has been introduced into the disposable container ( 1 ).

11. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the cores of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) are made of metal.

12. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) are mechanically fastened to the inner support surface ( 11 ) of the lateral container wall ( 12 ).

13. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein at least one magnet is arranged in or on the lateral container wall ( 12 ).

14. The container arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the core ( 16 ) of each of the chicanes ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ′″) comprises a magnet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2008
From: REIF, OSCAR-WERNER; BAUMFALK, REINHARD; GRELLER, GERHARD
To: SARTORIUS STEDIM BIOTECH GMBH
Reel/Frame 021661/0071 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 020 813 · May 3, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090314666A1 · Dec 24, 2009