Patent ID: 9545628
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B01L

Claim:
1. A biopharmaceutical system for transferring a certain content in one direction or another between a chamber and a sterile container that can be moved in relation to the chamber, the system comprising: a chamber configured to hold the certain content therein, the chamber comprising: a container configured to hold the certain content therein and to be joined with the chamber, the container comprising: a data marking device which rests on the container and which stores data; a short-range data reader configured to read the data from the data marking device when the container with the data marking device is proximate to the short-range data reader; a storage configured to store the read data; a signal production device configured to produce a first output signal based on the read data that is not previously-stored and a second output signal based on the stored data; and a controller configured to control the opening of the first door and the second door to allow transferring the content from one of the container and the chamber to the other of the container and the chamber, in response to the first output signal received from the signal production device when the container is joined to the chamber and the short-range data reader reads the data from the data marking device, and configured to prevent the first door from being opened to prevent transferring the content from the one of the container and the chamber to the other of the container and the chamber in response to the second output signal, thereby ensuring that the container is single use, wherein the data marking device, the reader, the storage, the signal production device, and the controller are functionally integrated into the system, and the data marking device is not in physical contact with the content of the container.