Disposable bioreactor condenser bag and filter heater

US9719705B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE Healthcare Bio-Science AB · US

Inventors

• Patric Fricking · Uppsala, SE
• Parrish M. Galliher · Littleton, US
• Geoffrey L. Hodge · Sutton, US
• Michael Fisher · Ashland, US
• Patrick Guertin · Mendon, US
• Richard Lee Damren · Marlborough, US
• Colin R. Tuohey · Marlborough, US
• Thomas Erdenberger · Arlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 18, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25B39/04
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system and method for condensing moisture in a moist gas stream entering a bioreactor or leaving a bioreactor, the system comprising: a condenser container capable of holding a fluid, the condenser container comprising: an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface, the inner wall surface defining an interior chamber for holding the fluid; and a first fitment attached to the outer wall surface of the condenser container, the first fitment forming a first port configured to allow the moist gas stream to flow through the first port and into the interior chamber; a second fitment attached to the outer wall surface of the condenser container, the second fitment forming a second port configured to allow a dried gas to flow from the interior chamber and out of the second port; and a cooling device in contact with at least one portion of the outer wall surface of the condenser container and arranged to cool the at least one portion of the outer wall surface of the condenser container, thereby to condense moisture in the moist gas stream and forming a dry gas stream for entering or leaving the bioreactor.