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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2025
Cellares Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen G. Carmichael, San Mateo, CA (US);
Joshua Shen, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Bharat S. Thakkar, Campbell, CA (US);
Yiming Xu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Joon Mo Yang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Cellares Corporation, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for monitoring pressure during automated cell processing. An illustrative method for monitoring pressure within a fluid device of an automated cell processing system includes coupling a fluid device having an air vent to a cell processing instrument. Next, the method includes transferring liquid between the fluid device and the instrument, determining a liquid transfer rate between the fluid device and instrument and an airflow rate through the air vent of the fluid device, and estimating an internal pressure of the fluid device based on the airflow rate and the liquid transfer rate. The fluid device may be a liquid transfer device, the instrument may be a liquid transfer instrument, and the system may facilitate liquid transfer between the liquid transfer device and a cell processing cartridge via the liquid transfer instrument.