US 12,312,571 B2
Housing for holding a flexible bioprocess bag and method for assembling the bag in the housing
Klaus Gebauer, Uppsala (SE); Nagaraj Raghavendra Rao, Bangalore (IN); Anindya Kanti De, Bangalore (IN); Anindya Sengupta, Bangalore (IN); Mats Olsson, Uppsala (SE); Colin R. Tuohey, Marlborough, MA (US); Jonathan A. Kenney, Marlborough, MA (US); Richard Lee Damren, Marlborough, MA (US); Ralph Stankowski, Westborough, MA (US); and Nirmal Kumar Thanikachalam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed by CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,409.
Application 18/127,409 is a continuation of application No. 16/474,626, granted, now 11,643,627, previously published as PCT/EP2017/084621, filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 201611044877 (IN), filed on Dec. 29, 2016; application No. 201611044898 (IN), filed on Dec. 29, 2016; and application No. 201741011286 (IN), filed on Mar. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313100 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 23/14 (2013.01) [C12M 23/26 (2013.01); C12M 23/28 (2013.01); C12M 23/48 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support housing for a flexible bioprocess bag, comprising:
a housing body having a top surface, a bottom wall, and a sidewall extending between the bottom wall to the top surface, the sidewall including a first sidewall segment, a second sidewall segment, and a third sidewall segment disposed about the first sidewall segment and the second sidewall segment to support the flexible bioprocess bag, the third sidewall segment having a main wall configured to receive the flexible bioprocess bag thereon and a base wall perpendicular to the main wall with an opening therein to receive an end portion of the flexible bioprocess bag, wherein the third sidewall segment is connected to the housing body for tiltable translation of the third sidewall segment in relation to the first sidewall segment and the second sidewall segment, wherein the third sidewall segment is configured to tiltably translate between a horizontal orientation defining a loading position for the main wall of the third sidewall segment to receive the flexible bioprocess bag thereon with the end portion of the flexible bioprocess bag in the opening of the base wall of the third sidewall segment and a vertical orientation defining an operation position to operate the flexible bioprocess bag in an inner region of the housing body, wherein the main wall of the third sidewall segment is coincident with a horizontal plane normal to a longitudinal axis extending through the inner region of the housing body in the loading position and the base wall of the third sidewall segment is positioned vertically between the first sidewall segment and the second sidewall segment in the loading position.