Title:
ENHANCED THAWING OF BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS USING OSCILLATORY MOTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000072902
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for thawing frozen biopharmaceutical solutions including providing a container that contains a biopharmaceutical solution, at least a portion of the biopharmaceutical solution being frozen, providing an oscillatory driver coupled to the biopharmaceutical solution; providing a heat flux into the biopharmaceutical solution; and inducing oscillatory motion of the biopharmaceutical solution via oscillatory motion of the oscillatory driver to accelerate thawing, compared to motionless thawing, of the portion of the biopharmaceutical solution that is frozen. Also disclosed are devices for thawing frozen biopharmaceutical solutions.
Inventors:
WISNIEWSKI RICHARD
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/014783
Publication Date:
July 04, 2002
Filing Date:
May 26, 2000
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Assignee:
INTEGRATED BIOSYSTEMS (US)
International Classes:
A61J3/00; A61K9/08; A61M1/02; A61M5/44; B01F31/42; B01J6/00; B06B1/00; (IPC1-7): A61M5/44
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