Modular containment unit

a containment unit and module technology, applied in the field of modules, can solve the problems of affecting firefighting, search and rescue, short-term activities, and inability to carry out, and achieve the effects of reducing the risk of firefighting, demolition, repair, or occupation of surrounding areas

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-08
PETTUS DARYL OWEN
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[0041] In a subsidiary aspect, the modular containment unit includes means for preventing exchange of organisms between the internal atmosphere and the external surrounding environment by carriage within liquids passing ac

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Further, such procedures may have to be carried out in a site that is remote from the usual scientific laboratory services.
This can be prohibitive for smaller organisations, for short-term activities, and for universities on tight budgets.
Furthermore, should the building suffer a structurally damaging catastrophe such as fire, earthquake, or explosion, the risk that the contents of the laboratory have been spread in an invisible manner about the general area adds an

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[0076] The construction of shipping containers has been more or less standardised over many years. Because their primary purpose is to hold and protect goods during shipment, even if exposed on a ship's deck and if underneath a stack of 5 or 6 other containers, they are weatherproof, strong, and are as cheap as their commodity nature allows. See FIGS. 1 to 8. The first aspect of the present invention is to use a shipping container 100 as the outer shell of a specialised working space capable of meeting or exceeding standard requirements relating to factors such as the ingress or egress of microorganisms. A business comprising the manufacture at a site of numbers of such laboratories to meet global standards and then transporting them like ordinary shipping containers, to various destinations would allow experience gained in meeting those standards to be replicated. Otherwise, each individual site has to learn how to meet the relevant standard(s) with greater difficulty. Then, if eac...

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[0105] It is feasible and often advisable to construct a highly demanding environment such as a P3 or P4 laboratory with all the inherent intelligence that is possible. “Intelligent buildings” is a broad term, which can be interpreted as providing one or more of the following options, depending on the level of automation / auditing / monitoring required: [0106] 1. Lighting which can be adjusted according to the needs of a task at a position, and / or which can be configured to switch itself off when not required, so as to optimise resources. [0107] 2. Heating or cooling which is also configurable according to needs, leading to both optimised resources and reduced risk of temperature variance (i.e., to assist in production / lab environments where maintaining a constant temperature is vital to results). [0108] 3. Input systems enabling hands-free interaction with the building controls. For example, if a person has gloved hands, is dressed in an isolation suit, or is otherwise unable to easil...

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[0115] The invention is applicable to packaging of pharmaceuticals, such as where live vaccines are involved or where bacteria or their spores are pressed into tablets. Of particular relevance is the ability to sterilise the entire working environment after completing manufacture or packing one product line, and before commencing work on the next product line. Otherwise, organisms from previous operations may still be present within the working environment and can be found within subsequently produced product lines.

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A prefabricated, self-contained, standardised working environment that combines transport-useful physical standards for overall dimensions (a shipping container/cargo container) together with functional standards (such as specified clean air or biological containment standards) related to specific types of work to be carried out, and takes advantage of volume production at an assembly site with appropriate materials and expertise. Optionally, users are provided with “no-touch” control of items like doors or taps, and with management of supplies, event logging, instrument control, communications and the like through a network of computer peripherals and a control unit.

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FIELD [0001] This invention relates to provision of an environmentally controlled, stand-alone, user-facilitated work space, and more particularly to providing an effective containment laboratory within a standardised shell with modular fitments capable of passing quality standards appropriate to the type of work carried out within. BACKGROUND [0002] Some types of work must be carried out within environments having unusual characteristics such as extreme freedom from particles carried in the air (“clean rooms” for silicon foundries and photolithography), or being effectively sealed from the outside world, such as for the handling of infectious organisms. One form of standard descriptor for a clean room is the US Federal Standard 209D including a specific class number representing the degree of freedom from particles of defined size ranges within a given sampled volume of air. [0003] A bio-technical operation may require, or be required by law to use an enclosed laboratory space meet...

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IPC IPC(8): E04B1/348E04H1/12
CPCB01L99/00B01L2200/028C12M37/00F24F3/161E04H1/1205E04H2001/1283E04B1/3483E04H1/1277B01L1/52F24F3/167
Inventor PETTUS, DARYL OWEN
Owner PETTUS DARYL OWEN
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