US 11,987,784 B2
Sampling system and method of using the same
Clemens E. Zoellner, Bay City, MI (US); Thomas R. Nixon, Au Gres, MI (US); and Jonathon Wheatley, Midland, MI (US)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,961.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,848, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388304 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. C12M 1/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 33/04 (2013.01) [B01L 3/0293 (2013.01); B01L 3/502 (2013.01); B01L 13/00 (2019.08); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 23/28 (2013.01); C12M 23/38 (2013.01); C12M 37/00 (2013.01); G01N 1/14 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0406 (2013.01); B01L 2400/06 (2013.01); G01N 2001/1427 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sampling system for sampling a fluid from a vessel, wherein the sampling system comprises:
a sterile dispenser assembly operatively connected to the vessel, the sterile dispenser assembly comprising a valve operatively connected to the vessel, a membrane, and a needle, and
a detachable sterile sampling container assembly operatively connected to the sterile dispenser assembly, the detachable sterile sampling container assembly comprising a sampling container, a membrane attached to the sampling container, and a sampling container housing enclosing the sampling container,
wherein the sampling container housing comprises a compressible portion having a deflated configuration and an expanded configuration, and
wherein, when the compressible portion is in a deflated configuration, the compressible portion pushes the sampling container of the sterile sampling container assembly through the membrane of the sterile sampling container assembly and into proximity with the needle, allowing the needle to dispense the fluid into the sampling container while maintaining a closed aseptic system.