Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector of a system in which a connection part is subjected to steam sterilization, the connector being disposable after used.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a sterile transfer device. The device is comprised of a body having a bore formed through at least a portion of its interior. It is preferable that the bore is a center hole formed in the whole length of the body. A plunger is contained inside of the hole. The body has a first and a second end. The first end contains a surface designed to be attached to an upstream component. The second end is connected to a downstream component such as a filter, a pipeline, a sample bag and the like. The plunger has corresponding first and second ends. The first end of the plunger when it is in a closed position is in alignment with the surface of the body, which collectively forms a steamable surface and a sterile barrier against the environment to the rest of the interior of the body, the plunger and downstream components.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alignment device for a bag containing one or more ports.SOLUTION: An alignment device is attached to a port such as by wire ties, clamps or cable ties or to a bag adjacent the port via adhesives or welding or molding such as overmolding. A plate has either an indicator or a unique outer edge shape that is designed to fit into a corresponding unique opening in a bag holder such as a carboy or tote bag to ensure proper alignment of the bag and its port in the holder. In one embodiment the plate formed of plastic, metal, wood or composite material has a series of holes equal to and in alignment with the one or more ports of the bag and the ports are extended through the holes of the plate and the plate is attached to the bag by retainers on the ports below the plate.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for accurately measuring the pressure and/or flow of a filter element at various points within a filter housing that solves disadvantages of the conventional system and method.SOLUTION: A pressure sensor 30 is installed in the filter element 10 and a wireless transmitter 40 is also located near the pressure sensor 30 or integrated with the pressure sensor. The wireless transmitter 40 can be encapsulated in a single integrated component together with the pressure sensor 30. Alternatively, the transmitter 40 and the sensor 30 can be separated, and in communication with each other via an electrical signal or the like. A wireless receiver 60 located outside the filter housing 20 is used to communicate with the wireless transmitter and an RFID reader or base station is used as the wireless receiver. The wireless transmitter 40 such as the RFID reader tag can be coupled with the pressure sensor 30.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a filter capsule that supports direct integrity testing of an internal filter element. The filter capsule includes a filter housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, a passage running longitudinally between the inlet port and outlet port and holding a filter element, and an aseptic vent assembly. The filter housing also includes an integrity test assembly that can be used as a direct connection for integrity testing hardware, as opposed to upstream of the filter capsule. In one embodiment, the integrity test assembly comprises a body having a bore formed through its interior and a movable plunger within the bore. The plunger includes a handle to move the plunger between a closed position and an open position. Various seals between the plunger and the bore form a fluid tight seal between various portions of the plunger and the bore.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to chromatography matrices including ligands based on one or more domains of imnumoglobulin-binding proteins such as. Siaphylococcns aureus Protein A (SpA); as well as methods of using the same.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the filtering of liquid samples, preferably in a laboratory environment, for example for collecting micro organisms from the liquid sample for subsequent testing. The invention provides a method for filtering a liquid sample which comprises providing a blank of a deformable sheet material and a filtration medium, deforming the blank to form a funnel extending above and about the filtration medium, introducing the liquid sample to be filtered into the so formed funnel, and filtering the liquid sample from the funnel through the filtration medium, for example to a downstream receptacle. The method is accordingly based on the concept that the funnel is not or at least not completely preformed but provided in a form of a blank of a deformable material sheet which is deformed so as to form the funnel at the point and time of use during filtration.
Abstract:
A composite liquid filtration platform including a composite filtration medium featuring an electrospun polymeric nanofiber layer collected on a porous membrane. When in use, the porous membrane acts as a prefilter used upstream from the polymeric nanofiber layer to remove particles from a liquid stream flowing through the composite filtration structure. The nanofiber layer, positioned downstream from the porous membrane, is used as the retentive layer for critical filtration to provide biosafety assurance, and is responsible for capturing microorganisms like bacteria, mycoplasma or viruses. The composite liquid filtration platform provided herein exhibits permeability advantages over conventional porous membranes or nanofiber mats spun on coarse non-wovens.
Abstract:
The present invention is a device for fluid movement and method of making the same. The device has a core element comprised of a preformed barbed fitting having two or more barbed extensions. Each extension has a central bore connected to the central bores of the other extensions so as to provide fluid communications between them. A tube having a central bore is fitted over the barb of each extension. A molded housing is formed over the fitting and tubes to form the device.
Abstract:
The present invention relates, at least in part, to novel and improved chromatography matrices for separating or purifying immunogens, such as, for example, viruses and viral surface proteins, from one or more contaminants in a sample, where the matrix comprises a porous non- polysaccharide solid support comprising a negatively charged, multivalent ion exchange group directly attached to the solid support.
Abstract:
The purity and titer of virus stocks used for virus clearance studies have a significant influence on study outcome, and impact how well the scale-down model represents the production-scale process. Impurities in virus stocks are particularly important in the testing of small virus retentive filters because these impurities may cause a filter to foul prematurely, leading to underestimation of the true throughput capability of the filter and consequent inappropriate sizing of the production scale unit. In addition, impurities can also affect the levels of virus clearance observed by altering the fouling mechanisms and subsequent fluid passage through the virus filter. Described herein are methods for making, producing and using high purity virus stocks having high titer.