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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Emd Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Sebastien Cirou, Schiltigheim, FR;
Jean-Louis Weissenbach, Ville, FR;
EMD Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a circuit comprising a bag () comprising two flexible films () and routing network connectors, and a press () comprising a first shell () and a second shell () clamping the bag to form pipes () between the films, the first shell comprising a pinch valve () which comprises an actuator () comprising a movable member () and in register with the moveable member an elastically compressible pad () which, when the valve is in an open position, has a resting configuration in which a second face () of the pad is concave and locally delimits a shaping channel (), and, when the valve is in a closed position, has a pinching configuration in which the second face () is convex, with the pipe and the pad sandwiched between a shaping channel () and the moveable member.