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• Remove the sanitary clamp and set aside.
• Hold the bioreactor vessel in place while slightly twisting the top end cap to loosen.
• Lift the top end cap.
• While keeping the top end cap over the bioreactor, tilt to reveal the sampling mesh layers.
• Remove a mesh segment from under the top end cap using sterile forceps or tweezers.
NOTE:
Each of the 3 sampling layers has 6 equally sized segments.
• Place the removed segment in a sterile container.
• Return the top end cap on the bioreactor vessel aligning the cap with the guidepost in the
bioreactor.
• Reattach the sanitary clamp to the reassembled bioreactor vessel and tighten the quick clamp
to secure in place.
• Remove the bioreactor and Lynx® connectors in the tray from the biosafety cabinet.