US 12,152,227 B2
Multiport plate for a bioprocess bag
Michael Jason Miller, Westborough, MA (US); and Hanna-Leena Saukkonen, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC, Marlborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 16/980,683
Filed by GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC, Marlborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/059917
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201990, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/660,295, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0024864 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 23/14 (2013.01) [C12M 25/06 (2013.01); C12M 37/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-use flexible bioreactor bag, comprising:
a rigid multiport plate sealed to an inside of a side wall of said bioreactor bag, wherein said multiport plate comprises an outside surface facing the side wall of said bioreactor bag, an inside surface opposing said outside surface facing an interior volume of said bioreactor bag and a plurality of preformed plate apertures extending between said outside surface and said inside surface, wherein said outside surface comprises a plurality of ports configured to extend outward through said side wall of said bioreactor bag; and
a back film coupled to said inside surface of said multiport plate, said back film having a plurality of preformed back film apertures aligned correspondingly with the plurality of preformed plate apertures in said multiport plate, wherein the plurality of preformed back film apertures are separate and distinct from the plurality of preformed plate apertures.