RIGID CONTAINER FOR A FLEXIBLE POUCH FOR HOLDING A BIOPHARMACEUTICAL FLUID, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A FLEXIBLE POUCH AND SUCH A CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR USING SUCH A CONTAINER

摘要

The invention relates to a container (1) including a bottom wall and an erect side wall defining a top opening (6) of a cavity (7) for receiving a flexible pouch (2) holding a biopharmaceutical fluid, and compression means (14) including a compression wall (15), the gap between the peripheral edge thereof and the side wall being limited. The compression wall (15) can be applied against the pouch (2) and be fixedly retained in said position by active-state retaining means (16) which are arranged in the container (1) and are supported by the compression means (14) via a structural and functional combination, being mobile or deformable between an inactive retracted state and an active expanded state, wherein a distal end portion is either spaced apart from the side wall or applied against the same without any possibility for accidental sliding, and being able to be applied at any desired location of an area of the side wall such that the compression wall (15) can be applied and retained against the pouch (2) regardless of the fill level thereof.