MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517097938 A) filed by Cytiva Sweden Ab, Uppsala, Sweden, on Oct. 10, for 'liquid actuated pump, pump unit, and method of pumping a process fluid.'
Inventor(s) include Lundin, Andreas; Gebauer, Klaus; Lundkvist, Mats; and Normann, Per.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Liquid actuated pump 100, 200, 300, 400 for a bioprocessing system, the pump 100, 200, 300, 400 comprising: a pump chamber 130, 230, 330; a flexible diaphragm 132 configured to form a barrier between a control liquid portion 136 of the pump chamber 130, 230, 330 and a process fluid portion 134 of the pump chamber 130, 230, 330; a process fluid flow path 110, 210, 310 comprising the process fluid portion 134 of the pump chamber 130, 230, 330; and a control liquid flow path 120, 220 comprising: an inlet 122 to the pump 100, 200, 300, 400; an outlet 124 from the pump 100, 200, 300, 400; and the control liquid portion 136 of the pump chamber 130, 230, 330; wherein the control liquid flow path 120, 220 is configured to accommodate at least part of a trapped volume of control liquid, and wherein displacement of the trapped volume of control liquid causes deformation of the flexible diaphragm 132, the deformation of the flexible diaphragm 132 causing movement of a process fluid in the process fluid flow path 110, 210, 310."
The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 09, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/059622.
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