SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING CELLS AND CONTAINER FOR USE THEREWITH
First Claim
1. A container adapted to store and transport an injectate, the container comprising:
- a first port at a first axial position within the container;
a first piercing member having a distal end and extending through a septum of the container;
at least a second port at a second axial position within the container, the first axial position and the second axial position being different; and
a second piercing member having a distal end extending through an end closure of the container, the first port being disposed on the distal end of the first piercing member and the second port being disposed on the distal end of the second piercing member;
wherein the container encompasses viable cells within a first fluid and at least one of the first axial position and the second axial position is above an axial position of cells settled on or adjacent to a bottom of the container.
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Abstract
A system for processing cells (and/or other injectate components) includes a container and a plunger adapted to be slidably positioned within the container. The system includes at least one inlet port through which a fluid can enter the system and at least one effluent port through which an effluent can exit the system. The plunger section forms a sealing engagement with the inner wall of the container such that rearward motion of the plunger is adapted to draw fluid into the system via the inlet and forward motion of the plunger is adapted to force effluent out of the system via the effluent port.
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20 Claims
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1. A container adapted to store and transport an injectate, the container comprising:
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a first port at a first axial position within the container; a first piercing member having a distal end and extending through a septum of the container; at least a second port at a second axial position within the container, the first axial position and the second axial position being different; and a second piercing member having a distal end extending through an end closure of the container, the first port being disposed on the distal end of the first piercing member and the second port being disposed on the distal end of the second piercing member; wherein the container encompasses viable cells within a first fluid and at least one of the first axial position and the second axial position is above an axial position of cells settled on or adjacent to a bottom of the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 19, 20)
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5. A system for processing cells, comprising:
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a container; a plunger adapted to be slidably positioned within the container; at least one inlet port through which a fluid can enter the container; and at least one effluent port through which an effluent can exit the container, the plunger section forming a sealing engagement with the inner wall of the container such that rearward motion of the plunger is adapted to draw fluid into the system via the inlet port and forward motion of the plunger is adapted to force effluent out of the system via the effluent port. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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