阅读说明：本技术 用于再水合粉末和将再水合的粉末递送至反应器的系统和方法 (Systems and methods for rehydrating a powder and delivering the rehydrated powder to a reactor ) 是由 莫莉·K·马利根 亚历山大·佩金 亚伊尔·格利克 埃拉·瑙特 亚伊尔·福伊希特万格 于 2017-07-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种用于再水合粉末和将再水合的粉末递送到反应器中的封闭系统，可以包括用于容纳液体的贮液器；配置为容纳待再水合的粉末的注射器；反应器；用于控制注射器的操作的控制器；和将贮液器流体连接至注射器的端口、将端口流体连接至反应器的导管。控制器配置为操作注射器以将液体从贮液器抽至注射器中并且再水合粉末或将再水合的粉末推动到反应器中。(A closed system for rehydrating a powder and delivering the rehydrated powder to a reactor may include a reservoir for containing a liquid; a syringe configured to contain a powder to be rehydrated; a reactor; a controller for controlling operation of the injector; and a conduit fluidly connecting the reservoir to a port of the syringe, fluidly connecting the port to the reactor. The controller is configured to operate the injector to draw liquid from the reservoir into the injector and rehydrate the powder or push the rehydrated powder into the reactor.)

1. A closed system for rehydrating a powder and delivering the rehydrated powder to a reactor, the system comprising:

a reservoir for containing a liquid;

a syringe configured to contain a powder to be rehydrated;

a reactor;

a controller for controlling operation of the injector; and

a conduit fluidly connecting the reservoir to a port of the syringe, the port being fluidly connected to the reactor;

wherein the controller is configured to operate the injector to draw liquid from the reservoir into the injector and rehydrate the powder, or to push the rehydrated powder into the reactor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the reservoir, the syringe, and the reactor are connected in series by a conduit.

3. A system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein two one-way valves are provided, one of which is placed along the conduit between the reservoir and the syringe, allowing passage only from the reservoir to the syringe; and a second one of the one-way valves is placed along the conduit between the syringe and the reactor, allowing only passage from the syringe to the reactor.

4. The system of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a bubble trap positioned along the conduit to trap and vent gas out of the system.

5. The system of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an actuator for actuating a piston of the syringe.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the actuator is selected from the group of actuators consisting of an electric motor, a hydraulic motor, and a motorized piston.

7. The system of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a powder is provided within the injector.

8. The system of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the syringe comprises two permeable membranes defining a space within the syringe in which the powder is to be placed.

9. The system of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the reactor is a lab-on-a-chip.

10. A method for rehydrating a powder and delivering the rehydrated powder to a reactor in a closed system, the method comprising:

providing a system comprising:

a reservoir for containing a liquid;

a syringe configured to contain a powder to be rehydrated;

a reactor;

a controller for controlling operation of the injector; and

a conduit fluidly connecting the reservoir to a port of the syringe, the port being fluidly connected to the reactor; and

causing the controller to operate the injector to draw liquid from the reservoir into the injector and rehydrate the powder, or to push the rehydrated powder into the reactor.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising connecting the reservoir, the syringe, and the reactor in series via a conduit.

12. The method of claim 10 or 11, further comprising providing two one-way valves, one of the one-way valves being placed along the conduit between the reservoir and the syringe, allowing passage only from the reservoir to the syringe; and a second one of the one-way valves is placed along the conduit between the syringe and the reactor, allowing only passage from the syringe to the reactor.

13. The method of any one of claims 10 to 12, further comprising capturing gas with a bubble trap positioned along the conduit and exhausting gas out of the system.

14. The method of any one of claims 10 to 13, further comprising utilizing an actuator to actuate a plunger of the syringe.

15. The method of any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising filling the syringe with a powder.

16. The process of any one of claims 10 to 15, carried out under microgravity conditions.