Disposable port device for connecting a functional unit to a flexible wall of a disposable container and method of manufacturing a disposable port device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12005028-B2
Application number	US-201917268505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2019
Priority date	Aug 22, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A disposable port device for connecting a functional unit to a flexible wall of a disposable container includes a flange to be connected to the flexible wall of the disposable container and an insert providing or receiving the functional unit. The flange and the insert are separate parts made from different materials with different material characteristics. A method of manufacturing such a disposable port device includes the steps of producing the flange from a first material, producing the insert from a different second material, the first and second materials having different material characteristics, and connecting the insert to the flange.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A disposable port device for connecting a functional unit to a flexible wall of a disposable container, comprising:
a functional unit, being one of a sensor, a sensor assembly, a fluid transfer unit, a hose barb, a baffle, a membrane, or an analytical interface;
a flange to be connected to the flexible wall of the disposable container; and
an insert providing or receiving the functional unit, the flange and the insert being separate parts made from different materials with different material characteristics,
wherein the material of the insert is harder than the material of the flange, and wherein the material of the flange is low-density polyethylene.

2. The disposable port device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the material of the insert includes at least one of: metal, thermoplastic, thermosetting polymer, or resins.

3. The disposable port device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the flange is ring-shaped and the insert is disc-shaped, the shape of the flange being adapted to receive the insert.

4. A disposable port device for connecting a functional unit to a flexible wall of a disposable container, comprising:
a functional unit being optical sensor unit including a partially optically transmissive material;
a flange to be connected to the flexible wall of the disposable container; and
an insert providing or receiving the functional unit, the flange and the insert being separate parts made from different materials with different material characteristics.

5. The disposable port device according to claim 4 , characterized in that the partially optically transmissive material is sapphire.

6. The disposable port device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the functional unit provides a single functionality or more than one functionality at a same time or multiple times a same kind of functionality.

7. A disposable container, comprising the flexible wall and the disposable port device according to claim 1 , the port device being integrated into the flexible wall.

8. The disposable container according to claim 7 , characterized in that the flange of the port device is directly attached to the flexible wall.

9. The disposable port device according to claim 4 , wherein the partially transmissive material is transmissive in a wavelength range of 190 to 2500 nm.

10. The disposable port device according to claim 5 , wherein the optical sensor unit includes a sapphire disc.

11. The disposable container according to claim 8 , wherein the flange of the port device is welded or glued to the flexible wall.

12. A disposable container, comprising the flexible wall and the disposable port device according to claim 4 , the port device being integrated into the flexible wall.

13. The disposable port device according to claim 4 , wherein the material of the insert is harder than the material of the flange, and wherein the material of the flange is low-density polyethylene.

14. The disposable port device according to claim 13 , wherein the material of the insert includes at least one of: metal, thermoplastic, thermosetting polymer, or resins.

Assignees

• Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh

Inventors

• Gay Isabelle
• Regen Thomas
• Hoehse Marek

Classifications

• B01L2300/0832

  cylindrical, tube shaped · CPC title

• B01L2300/0627

  Sensor or part of a sensor is integrated · CPC title

• B01L3/50

  Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes (devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15) · CPC title

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• A61J1/00

  Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00) · CPC title