Bioprocess mixer

USRE49606E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC · US

Inventors

• Patrik Akerstrom · Uppsala, SE
• Richard Lee Damren · Marlborough, US
• Colin R. Tuohey · Marlborough, US
• Thomas Erdenberger · Arlington, US
• Jonathan Kenney · Lakeville, US
• David Lawrence Brazell · Westborough, US
• Wei Jin · Westborough, US
• Roberto Miguel Cabral · Marlborough, US
• Sampath Telikcherla Kandala · Marlborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: May 6, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A bioprocess mixer (1), which comprises: —a support vessel (2) with at least one side wall (3, 4, 5, 6) and a bottom wall (7), where the walls define a support vessel inner volume (8), and at least a first (9) and a second (10) magnetic impeller drive unit; and —a flexible bag (11, 111) adapted to fit inside the support vessel inner volume, where the bag has at least one bag side wall (12, 112, 13, 113, 14, 15), a bag bottom wall (16, 116) and a bag top wall (17, 117) defining a bag inner volume (18), and at least a first (19) and a second (20) magnetic impeller rotatably attached to a bag wall in the bag inner volume.