Patent ID: 11911711
Assignee: CYTIVA BIOPROCESS R&D AB
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A parallel assembly of chromatography column modules connected in a rigid housing, the assembly having one common assembly inlet and one common assembly outlet, each chromatography column module comprising:
a bed space filled with chromatography medium; and
integrated fluid conduits which when the chromatography column module is connected with other chromatography column modules in the rigid housing are adapted to connect the bed space of the chromatography column module with the assembly inlet and the assembly outlet,
wherein each of the integrated fluid conduits comprise an integrated fluid inlet conduit forming an inlet to the bed space at a bottom of the bed space, and an integrated fluid outlet conduit forming an outlet for the bed space at the top of the bed space, and
wherein the total length and/or volume of the fluid conduit from the assembly inlet to one bed space together with the length and/or volume of the fluid conduit from the same bed space to the assembly outlet is substantially the same for all bed spaces and modules installed in the parallel assembly, and
wherein each chromatography column module is provided with at least one sealing means to provide fluid tight connections therebetween further comprising two fluid distribution modules one arranged at each side of the stack of column modules, each fluid distribution module having one distribution module fluid connection representing the assembly inlet or assembly outlet of the parallel assembly and a connection face towards the stack of column modules.