BRIDGEWATER, N.J. and FREDERICA, Del., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Wave Biotech and ILC Dover announced today the commercial availability of second- generation disposable mixing devices. These two talented companies combined their expertise and created the unique (patent-pending) FlexMixer(TM).
The FlexMixer(TM) - the first single-use mixing bag that can be used to mix materials of any viscosity or density difference - can be scaled to over 10,000 liters and does not have any internal impeller or actuator. An integral perforated diaphragm in the mixing bag is moved up and down by a simple low-cost mechanism to provide reliable, efficient and complete mixing. Applications are in the pharmaceutical, biotech, food, chemical, ink, paint and other processing industries.
Vijay Singh, the president of Wave Biotech, believes that this new mixing technology will establish disposable mixers as the preferred alternative to traditional mixing tanks, similar to the impact the Wave Bioreactor(R) has had in cell culture operations.
Compared to traditional mixing systems, FlexMixer(TM) integrates materials more completely and efficiently and eliminates the need for cleaning and/or sterilization between batches, saving companies valuable time and money.
Wave Biotech is the developer and manufacturer of innovative single-use processing solutions for the biotech industry, such as the highly successful Wave Bioreactor(R) and Wave Mixer(R). ILC Dover specializes in the design and manufacture of flexible structures, including engineered inflatable devices and pharmaceutical powder containment systems. Among other achievements, ILC has been the sole manufacturer of NASA’s space suits since project Apollo.
Contact Wave Biotech (http://www.wavebiotech.com/) or ILC Dover (http://www.ilcdover.com/) for more details and product literature or visit our booths at Interphex 2005, Javits Convention Center, NYC, April 26-28, for a personal demonstration.
About Wave Biotech
Wave Biotech is a research-based company that develops and manufactures innovative process equipment for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Our focus is on developing disposable bioprocess equipment for operations traditionally requiring stainless-steel tanks and piping. Key products, such as the Wave Bioreactor, Wave Mixer, and Sterile Tube Fuser, feature disposable contact materials that eliminate cleaning and validation, thereby reducing costs in operations ranging from cell culture, media preparation, buffer dissolution and thawing process intermediates to patient- specific cell therapy in hospitals. These unique, patented, devices can be installed and commissioned rapidly, drastically reducing the time-to-market for biological products. Our equipment is in use with hundreds of companies worldwide, both for R&D, as well as commercial applications.
About ILC Dover
Since 1947, ILC has been active in the design and development of products for both government and industry. Then, as today, most ILC products are comprised of softgoods materials. These products are flexible by nature and result in innovative solutions to customer problems.
Whether protecting personnel in hostile environments, containing pharmaceuticals, or developing unique inflatable devices, ILC has an enviable record of performance. By drawing from a blend of highly qualified personnel and a sound base of both proven and innovative technologies (the same attributes that helped us put man on the moon and Pathfinder on Mars), we continue to develop reliable hardware and unique softgoods to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
Key to ILC’s success has been our focused internal research and development programs and a sense of urgency to meet new customer challenges. Our Department of Defense, commercial, and NASA customers rely on ILC’s multi- disciplined technical expertise to provide innovative softgoods solutions for a wide range of applications.
ILC Dover
CONTACT: Kathleen Mersinger of Wave Biotech, LLC, +1-908-707-9120, or+1-877-WAVE-USA (928-3872), info@wavebiotech.com; or Christian Scarborough ofILC Dover, +1-512-244-7088, cscarborough@austin.rr.com
Web site: http://www.wavebiotech.com/
Web site: http://www.ilcdover.com/