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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Emd Millipore Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Pereira, Woburn, MA (US);
Stephen Proulx, Boxborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMD Millipore Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/32 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/3218 (2013.01); B01L 3/505 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A testing method that includes the steps of evacuating air from a container to a negative atmospheric pressure, the container being a collapsible, flexible container, and comprising at least two opposing flexible walls, wherein a surface of at least one of the walls internal to the container comprises a plurality of channels or recessed features on said at least one wall and monitoring a mass flow or a state of vacuum so as to determine the integrity of the container. The container can be of any size or conformation, with or without attached fittings.