Patent ID: 7651457

Claim:
A flexible centrifugal chamber comprising: a first circular side wall with a first axial opening; a second, opposing circular side wall with a second axial opening; and an expandable wall extending between an outer circumference of each of the first and second opposing circular side walls, the expandable wall with a third axial opening larger than the first and second axial openings, wherein the expandable wall is attached to the outer circumference of the first circular side wall of the flexible chamber and a second end of the expandable wall is attached to the outer circumference of the second, opposing circular side wall of the flexible chamber, wherein the expandable wall includes at least one pair of corresponding connected partitions, a first partition of one of the at least one pair of partitions including a first circumferential end attached to the outer circumference of the first circular side wall, a second partition of one of the at least one pair of partitions including a second circumferential end attached to the outer circumference of the second circular side wall, wherein the chamber is sterilized, having a variable volume capacity and adaptable to a continuous flow centrifuge.