Vibrational mixer

US8342737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Greller · Oettingen, DE
• Oscar-Werner Reif · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01F2101/44
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A vibrational mixer (1), in particular a single-path mixer for use in single-path bioreactors (4) with flexible walls, consisting of a mixer shaft (2) that can be set into longitudinal motions by a drive (8), with at least one mixing element (3), wherein at least one channel (13) is arranged in the mixer shaft with an opening to an interior reactor space (6).