Sealing system for sealing a tube and an automated method of operating the same

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PATENT NO 11820084
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17413702

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Disclosed is an automated method (54) which includes directing rays from a source (34) to a tube (38) disposed between relatively movable first and second sealing plates (20, 32), capturing an image (70) of at least a portion of the tube (38) by an image capturing device (26), and transferring the captured image (70) to a processing device (24). The method (54) also includes determining a plurality of tube parameters by the processing device (24) based on the captured image (70), using an image processing technique and determining a plurality of sealing parameters from a database (44) by the processing device (24) based on the determined plurality of tube parameters. Additionally, the method (54) includes controlling the drive unit (22) and a heater (36) by the processing device (24) influenced by the determined plurality of sealing parameters, to respectively compress the tube (36) and perform heat sealing of the tube (38).

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  • CYTIVA SWEDEN AB

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balaguru, Ramu Karnataka, IN 3 5
Ezzy, Juzar Mazhar Karnataka, IN 1 0
Garg, Nishu Karnataka, IN 3 0
Hosamani, Preetam Karnataka, IN 1 0
Kannuri, Srihari Karnataka, IN 1 0
Lakhani, Hanish Karnataka, IN 6 1
Savarimuthu, Bhaskaran Karnataka, IN 1 0

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