[특허]Aseptic blow, fill and seal methods of fabricating test sample containers and associated systems and containers

Aseptic blow, fill and seal methods of fabricating test sample containers and associated systems and containers 원문보기

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	B29C-049/46 B29C-049/20 B29D-022/00 B29C-049/04 B29C-049/06 B29C-049/78 C12M-001/24 B29C-049/02
출원번호	US-0790244 (2013-03-08)
등록번호	US-9358738 (2016-06-07)
발명자 / 주소	Wolters, Weihua Sonya Riley, Brian Christopher Philipak, Stanley Michael
출원인 / 주소	bioMerieux, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Myers Bigel & Sibley, P.A.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 36

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Methods of fabricating a culture container include: (a) forming a parison; (b) introducing flowable (e.g. colorimetric) sensor material into the parison; (c) blow molding the parison into a container body; and (d) curing the sensor material so that it attaches to an inner surface of the container body. The methods can also include adding sterile growth media into the container and sealing the container shut with an elastomeric stopper and crimped seal/cap. The process can be aseptic so that autoclaving the container is not required.

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1. An aseptic method of fabricating a culture container, comprising: providing at least one supply of sterile organism growth media with at least one flow path that extends to respective mold stations;providing at least one supply of sterile elastomeric stoppers with an electromechanical delivery system that feeds a respective stopper to a respective upper portion of a container body held at a respective mold station;forming parisons at the mold stations;introducing flowable sterile sensor material into the parisons at the mold stations;blow molding the parisons into a respective container body before, during or after the introducing step;curing the sensor material so that it attaches to an inner surface of the container body;sealing the container body to form a sterile container that does not require autoclaving; andflowing sterilized organism growth media from the provided at least one supply of sterile organism growth media after introducing the sensor material. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the introducing flowable sensor material into the parison is carried out before the blow molding step while the container is held on a blow-fill-seal machine at respective mold stations. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the introducing step is carried out after the blow molding step while the container body formed from the parison is at an elevated temperature and held on the blow-fill-seal machine in a sterile environment at respective mold stations. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor material is sterile colorimetric sensor material, the method further comprising pinching a top of the blow molded container body shut while at an elevated temperature above room temperature at respective mold stations, and wherein the forming, introducing, curing and pinching steps are carried out entirely using a blow-fill-seal machine in a sterile environment at respective mold stations. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the parison has a temperature between about 25 degrees C. and about 150 degrees C. when the flowable sensor material is introduced therein. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the curing is carried out by thermal energy and/or introducing a curing agent into the blow-molded container body to thereby cause the sensor material to adhere to the inner surface while the container body is held on a blow-fill-seal machine at respective mold stations. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor material comprises Liquid Emulsion Silicone. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: electromechanically attaching a sterile stopper from the provided supply to an upper portion of the container body; thenelectromechanically inserting a sterile needle and/or sterile tube through the stopper while the stopper is attached to the upper portion of the container body; andelectromechanically applying a vacuum to an internal volume of the container body using the needle or tube. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the flowing the sterilized growth media into the container body is carried Out before the attaching step. 10. The method of claim 8, further comprising applying a vacuum of a defined pressurized sterile gas or gas mixture into the container body after the attaching step. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein all of the steps are carried out while a respective container body is held by a blow-fill-seal machine in a sterile environment at a corresponding mold station. 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: electromechanically attaching a sterile stopper from the provided supply to a top of the container body after the growth media is added;electromechanically sealing an upper portion of the blow-molded container body to enclose a sterile environment to carry out the sealing step;electromechanically trimming an upper portion of the container body;electromechanically creating a vacuum in the container body while the elastomeric stopper remains attached to the upper portion of the container body; andelectromechanically adding an external cap to an upper portion of the container body over the stopper,wherein the flowing the sterile growth media and the electromechanically attaching the sterile stopper are carried out in a sterile environment while held on or in a blow-fill-seal machine used for the blow-molding step at the mold stations, and wherein the trimming and the adding the cap steps are carried out in a sterile environment off the blow-fill-seal machine. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the parison can comprise polymer material that has a temperature rating that is below autoclave temperatures of an autoclave process. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein the blow-molded post-seal container body is optically transmissive. 15. A system for mass producing culture sample containers, comprising: at least one blow-mold machine with at least one blow pin, and a plurality of blow-molding stations, each station including a mold with a mold cavity defining a container body shape;at least one supply of sterile parison mold material in fluid communication with the mold stations;at least one supply of sterile flowable sensor material with at least one flow path that is in fluid communication with the mold stations;at least one supply of sterile organism growth media with at least one flow path that extends to the mold stations;at least one supply of sterile elastomeric stoppers with at least one electromechanical delivery system that feeds a respective stopper to a respective upper portion of a container body held at the mold stations; andat least one controller that is configured to: (i) direct the at least one blow-mold machine to form parisons from the sterile mold material; (ii) direct the sterile flowable sensor material to flow in the flow path to the respective mold stations to enter the parisons while the parisons are hot; and (iii) direct the blow-mold machine to blow mold the parisons in the mold cavities,wherein the at least one blow-mold machine is in a sterile environment. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the controller directs the sensor material to enter the parisons before blow molding the parisons so that the sensor material is in the parisons during the blow molding. 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the controller directs the sensor material to enter the parisons during or after the parisons are blow-molded. 18. The system of claim 15, further comprising at least one vacuum source with a corresponding flow path with a sterile needle that is configured to travel down through the blow pin and extend through a respective stopper attached to a container body while held by the mold station to thereby pull a vacuum on an internal volume of the container body. 19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a pressurized sterile gas source with a flow path that is configured to extend to a respective mold station and flow the sterile gas into a container body held by the mold station into an internal volume of the container body.

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