WAVE BIOTECH and ILC DOVER LAUNCH the REVOLUTIONARY FLEXMIXER™
28 February 2005
Bridgewater, NJ and Frederica, DE—February 28, 2005 - 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™.
The FlexMixer™ – 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® has had in cell culture operations.
Compared to traditional mixing systems, FlexMixer™ 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® and Wave Mixer®. 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 or ILC Dover for more details and product literature or visit our booths at Interphex 2005, Javits Convention Center, NYC, April 26-28, for a personal demonstration.
