ISPE Glossary of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Terminology

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Transfer Canister

A small portable vessel used to facilitate closed transfer of a process fluid without exposure to the room environment. Typical applications are seed/inoculum transfer, small volume additions to bioreactors and other closed process systems, chromatography fraction collectors, and bulk purified product storage containers. Also know as seed canisters, pressure cans, addition cans, coke cans, “Kelly” cans.

Publication Source: ISPE Baseline® Guide, Vol. 6: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities

Publication Date: 2004

See also: Additon Can Coke Can Kelly Can Pressure Can Seed Canister

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