Pressure buffering system and biological culture device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11834644-B2
Application number	US-202017015080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2020
Priority date	Jun 19, 2020
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

A pressure buffering system includes a housing, a pump module, a pressure sensor and a pressure cylinder. The pump module, the pressure sensor and the pressure cylinder are disposed in the housing. The pressure cylinder is communicated between the pump module and the pressure sensor. A biological culture device is further provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure buffering system, comprising:
a housing;
a pump module, disposed in the housing;
a pressure sensor, disposed in the housing; and
a pressure cylinder, disposed in the housing and communicated between the pump module and the pressure sensor, wherein the pressure cylinder stabilizes a pressure of a gas entering or exiting the housing.

2. The pressure buffering system according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure cylinder comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector is connected to the pump module, and the second connector is communicated with the pressure sensor.

3. The pressure buffering system according to claim 2 , wherein an outer contour of the pressure cylinder comprises two recessed notches, and the first connector and the second connector are located in the two notches.

4. The pressure buffering system according to claim 1 , wherein an outer contour of the pressure cylinder comprises a flat surface, an arc surface, a curved surface, or a combination of at least two of the above.

5. The pressure buffering system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a valve, disposed between the pump module and the pressure cylinder, wherein the pump module comprises a supply pump and a vacuum pump;
a conversion circuit, electrically connected to the valve; and
a piezo pump control assembly, wherein the supply pump and the vacuum pump are two piezoelectric peristaltic pumps, and the piezo pump control assembly is electrically connected to the supply pump and the vacuum pump.

6. The pressure buffering system according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a controller, electrically connected to the piezo pump control assembly, the conversion circuit, and the pressure sensor.

7. The pressure buffering system according to claim 1 , wherein a power of the pump module is between 0.3 watts and 0.8 watts, and a volume of the pressure cylinder is between 5 ml and 15 ml.

8. A biological culture device, comprising:
a well plate;
a cover, disposed on the well plate, wherein a single gas opening is disposed in the cover; and
a pressure buffering system, connected to the cover and communicated with the well plate through the gas opening, wherein the pressure buffering system stabilizes a gas pressure and provides the gas pressure to the well plate.

9. The biological culture device according to claim 8 , wherein the pressure buffering system comprises:
a housing;
a pump module, disposed in the housing;
a pressure sensor, disposed in the housing; and
a pressure cylinder, disposed in the housing and communicated between the pump module and the pressure sensor.

10. The biological culture device according to claim 9 , wherein the pump module and the pressure sensor are communicated with a plurality of grooves in the well plate through the gas opening.

11. The biological culture device according to claim 10 , wherein the cover comprises a plurality of hollow tubes communicated with the gas opening, and each hollow tube extends into the corresponding groove.

12. The biological culture device according to claim 11 , wherein a space in the groove is divided into an in-tube space and an out-tube space, and the in-tube space and the out-tube space are communicated with each other, making the in-tube space and the out-tube space a communicating tube.

13. The biological culture device according to claim 9 , wherein the housing comprises a first locator and the cover comprises a second locator, and the first locator is aligned with the second locator.

14. The biological culture device according to claim 9 , wherein the pressure cylinder comprises a first connector and a second connector, the first connector is connected to the pump module, and the second connector is communicated with the pressure sensor.

15. The biological culture device according to claim 14 , wherein an outer contour of the pressure cylinder comprises two recessed notches, and the first connector and the second connector are located in the two notches.

16. The biological culture device according to claim 9 , wherein an outer contour of the pressure cylinder comprises a flat surface, an arc surface, a curved surface, or a combination of at least two of the above.

17. The biological culture device according to claim 9 , wherein a power of the pump module is between 0.3 watts and 0.8 watts, and a volume of the pressure cylinder is between 5 ml and 15 ml.

18. The biological culture device according to claim 8 , wherein the well plate comprises a plurality of grooves, and the pressure buffering system is communicated with the grooves in the well plate.

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Li Ziya
• Wu Huan-Chun
• Lai Chun-Chih

Classifications

• C12M41/40 Primary

  of pressure · CPC title

• C12M23/12 Primary

  Well or multiwell plates (C12M25/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C12M23/38

  Caps; Covers; Plugs; Pouring means · CPC title

• C12M25/10

  Hollow fibers or tubes (hollow fiber modules in general B01D63/02) · CPC title

• C12M29/24

  Recirculation of gas · CPC title