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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Paul H Norton, Trumbauersville, PA (US);
The West Company, Incorporated, Lionville, PA (US);
Abstract
A transfer system for transferring objects into a barrier isolator is provided. The transfer system includes a port opening located in a barrier wall to provide access to an isolated space. A port barrier film is sealingly located over the port opening, with the port barrier film having a first, decontaminated side which faces the isolated space and a second side which is exposed. A container adapted to hold the objects to be delivered through the port opening and into the isolated space is provided. A container barrier film is sealingly engaged to the container opening such that decontaminated objects sealed within the cavity in the container remain decontaminated. The container barrier film has a first, decontaminated side which faces the cavity and a second exposed side. The container barrier film is positioned adjacent to the port barrier film, and a parting and sealing element, located within the isolated space is adapted to part the container and port barrier films to form a transfer opening having edges in the port and container barrier films and to simultaneously seal together and decontaminate the edges of the port and container barrier films such that the exposed and potentially contaminated second sides of the port and container barrier films are locked together and remain isolated from the isolated space.