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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Lonza Ltd., Visp, CH;
Inventors:
Michael Mietzner, Freemont, NH (US);
Jim Heimbach, Springvale, ME (US);
Andrew Harris, Allendale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lonza Ltd, Visp, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 21/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 37/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved biopharmaceutical processing equipment such as reactor vessels and stainless steel surfaces, and methods of determining the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a biopharmaceutical processing equipment can include a vessel having a surface that is configured to contact proteinaceous processing material, wherein the surface has a pre-commissioning surface roughness of greater than about 20 Ra Max (μin).