US 11,740,210 B2
Chromatography apparatus
Nils Stafstrom, Uppsala (SE); Lars Olof Nils Rosengren, Uppsala (SE); Kerstin Elisabet Erickson, Uppsala (SE); Tomas Yngve Agren, Uppsala (SE); Yngve L. Hareland, Uppsala (SE); Tim Francois, Uppsala (SE); Anita Jonsson, Uppsala (SE); Jeanne Cheng, Uppsala (SE); and Anna Andersson, Uppsala (SE)
Assigned to CYTIVA SWEDEN AB, Uppsala (SE)
Appl. No. 16/647,983
Filed by GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB, Uppsala (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/075693
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/057936, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1715403 (GB), filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0264140 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. G01N 30/44 (2006.01); G01N 30/32 (2006.01); G01N 30/46 (2006.01); G01N 30/60 (2006.01); G01N 30/86 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 30/44 (2013.01) [G01N 30/32 (2013.01); G01N 30/46 (2013.01); G01N 30/6052 (2013.01); G01N 30/8696 (2013.01); G01N 2030/326 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chromatography system comprising: plural modules including at least one pump and a column valve unit connectable to plural chromatography columns; and a controller, the controller being operable to control the at least one pump and the column valve unit to perform different chromatographic processes, including chromatography employing just one column, as well as chromatography employing two or more columns by selective valve opening in said column valve unit, wherein the controller is further operable to perform column packing, column packing testing, or a combination thereof.