Inventors:
Alan M. Williams - Easton PA, US
Kyril Dambuleff - Frenchtown NJ, US
Kathryn Taylor - Flemington NJ, US
John Davis - Gloucestershire, GB
Adam Kaletski - Hillsborough NJ, US
Daniel Go - Parsippany NJ, US
Scott R. Muller - Montclair NJ, US
Assignee:
GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp. - Piscataway NJ
International Classification:
B65B 1/20
US Classification:
141 12, 141 73, 141 80, 141 94, 422 70, 73 6153, 210656, 2101982
Abstract:
This invention provides for the fully automated, hands free, packing of chromatography columns by means of delivering a pre-calculated volume of slurry and using two different packing modalities to stop the packing when either 1) this volume has been delivered in the column, or 2) when the adapter is moved to reach a bed height corresponding to the pre-calculated volume. Thus, a chromatography column can be packed in a fully automated fashion and such a column is 1) stable and 2) has the desired performance characteristic.