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NovaSeptum® SURe Assemblies for Single-Use Bioprocess Sampling

A laboratory worker wearing purple gloves holds a NovaSeptum® SURe Sampling Assembly with transparent tubing and orange fluid in a single-use processing environment.

NovaSeptum® SURe sterile sampling assemblies are closed sampling solutions designed for single-use processes. These innovative systems ensure process integrity, minimize the risk of cross contamination from collection to analysis, and can be used for sampling throughout the drug manufacturing process.

Most NovaSeptum® SURe standard assemblies are stocked and ready-to-ship. If standard designs do not meet your requirements, connect with a Technical Specialist to explore a custom solution tailored to your needs.

Benefits of NovaSeptum® SURe Sampling Assemblies

Quality you can trust: Leveraging our global quality systems and the Emprove® Program, our NovaSeptum® SURe Sampling Systems come with extensive documentation and regulatory support, facilitating your risk assessment and process control.

Scientist in lab gear looking at a rack of tubes filled with different colored liquid
Representative Sampling

Closed product design ensures process integrity and representative samples.

Scientist with blue gloves is connecting two sampling tubes with a connector
Closed, Easy to Use

Easy connection and disconnection to any single-use process with industry-standard AseptiQuik® or MicroCNX® connectors or heat weldable C-Flex® or PVC tubing.

A bioreactor as it is used in large scale pharmaceutical manufacturing with different sampling containers.
Scalable

Multiple containers with different size options, in single or manifold designs for maximum flexibility in both development and manufacturing environments.

If you are using MAST® Autosampling Solution, the NovaSeptum® sampling technologies are the preferred option for secure sample collection for sterility, bioburden or endotoxin testing.

Configure Your Novaseptum® SURe Sterile Sampling Assembly

Step 1

A lab technician wearing a white coat and purple gloves operates a NovaSeptum® SURe sterile sampling assembly connected to a stainless-steel bioprocess vessel, with a sample container hanging from the tubing.

Select Your Connection

First consider the best connection type to easily integrate the sampling assembly into your single-use process.

Step 2

Exemplary containers intended to be used with the NovaSeptum® SURe sampling system: five manifolded syringes with a large drainage bag at one end and tubing at other end of unit.

Choose Your Container Format

Containers should be selected based on sample volume, type of assay, storage condition, and other key parameters in your sampling plan.

Step 3

Transparent plastic case fitted to hold a NovaSeptum® plastic bags when transporting, storing, or freezing.

Optional Accessories

Designed to maximize ease of use, and includes volume indicator, transport and storage case, caps.

Select Your Connection

First consider your connection type. Standard assemblies are easily integrated into your process via C-Flex® tubing, PVC tubing or an AseptiQuik® S connector.

A person waring a lab coat and gloves holds a NovaSeptum® SURe sampling assembly that ends in a blue AseptiQuick® connector in one hand, and tubing of a single-use process ending in a blue AseptiQuick® connector in the other.

The AseptiQuik® genderless connector enables fast and easy fluid transfer. Choose between different AseptiQuik® connectors options: S, S High Temperature and G. MicroCNX® connector is also available for a sterile connection.

Image showing the C-Flex® tubing option that can be heat welded for a sterile connection and disconnection of NovaSeptum® SURe sampling assemblies to single-use bioprocesses.

C-Flex® tubing for connection to your processes via heat welding.

NovaSeptum® SURe for ACT accurate volume syringe assembly mounted in a black holder, with connected tubing and sterile connectors arranged on a white laboratory surface

Designed specifically for sampling during manufacturing of Autologous Cell Therapy (ACT), PVC DEHP-free tubing allows sterile connection through thermowelding. Combined with our Accurate Volume Syringe, it supports precise volume accuracy and drainage capability with an integrated MillexTM air vent, ensuring that as few cells as possible are left behind.

Select the Right Container Option

Standard NovaSeptum® SURe sterile sampling assemblies are single and manifold units of three or five containers available in bags, bottles, syringes, conical tubes or transfer units. Most NovaSeptum® SURe standard assemblies are stocked and ready-to-ship. If the standard designs do not meet your requirements, connect with a Technical Specialist to design a custom solution tailored for your sampling need.

Find additional information on containers in our Technical Article “Sterile Sampling Containers for Representative Sampling and Reduced Risk”.

Sterile sampling system with five manifolded plastic bags connected to a holder.

High Purity Bag

  • Pureflex® bag. Polyethylene contact layer
  • 50 | 100 | 250 | 1000 mL 

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Sterile sampling system with five manifolded plastic bottles. Large drainage bag at one end and tubing at other end of unit.

Bottle

  • Polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) bottle
  • 60 | 125 | 250 | 500 mL

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Sterile sampling system with five manifolded syringes. Large drainage bag at one end and tubing at other end of unit.

Accurate Volume Syringe

  • Polycarbonate and Silicone
  • 5 | 20 mL

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Sterile sampling system with five manifolded conical tubes. Large drainage bag at one end and tubing at other end of unit.

Conical Tube

  • 15 mL Polystyrene, 50 mL Polypropylene
  • Offered with or without dip tube

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Sterile sampling transfer unit intended for transfer applications, with a needle on one end, tubing, and a tube outlet connection on the other end.

Transfer Units

  • 2 mm trigger
  • AseptiQuik® S-HT connector

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Optional Accessories

Find additional information in the NovaSeptum® SURe assemblies data sheet.

A metal tool with handle and groove for sealing NovaSeptum® sampling units

Crimping Tool

  • To securely seal and enable leak free disconnection

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Transparent plastic case fitted to hold a NovaSeptum® plastic bag when transporting, storing, or freezing.

Case

  • For transport, storage and freezing of High Purity Bags

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Turquoise caps scattered on a white background.

Other Accessories

  • Volume Indicator: for High Purity Bags
  • Protector Caps: for crimped tubes
  • Centrifuge Caps: for 15 and 50 mL conical tubes

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Tailor your sampling assemblies to your needs

If our standard designs do not meet your process requirements, explore a configure-to-order or custom solution.

Do you need a different container size, a mix of container types, additional containers in the same assembly, or another modification to our standard products? Design your sampling assembly using a predefined database of standard, qualified components.

Contact your local representative to explore additional configurations and let our experts help you design the right solution for your sampling plan.