INTEGRATED BIO-REACTOR MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. A sensor system interacts with the bioreactor to receive information related to a condition of the bioreactor and/or receive a sample from the bioreactor, which it analyzes. The sensor system sends data signals related to the information and/or the sample to a controller, which determines a control signal based on the received information. The controller sends the control signal to the sensor system which, based on the control signal, performs an action that affects a condition of the bioreactor or affects the sensor system itself.
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25 Claims
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7. A method for controlling a process in a bioreactor, comprising:
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generating one or more data signals in a sensor system comprising one or more sensors connected to the bioreactor, the one or more data signals related to a condition of the bioreactor; transmitting the one or more data signals from the sensor system over a communication network connecting the control system, the sensor system, and a pump system, the control system comprising a controller configured with a bioreactor control process and a utility tower housed separately from the bioreactor and coupled to the controller via the communication network; determining one or more control signals in the controller, the one or more control signals based on the bioreactor control process and on one or more data signals received in the controller from the sensor system; communicating the one or more control signals from the controller to the utility tower; changing a condition in the bioreactor based on the one or more control signals received in the utility tower; communicating the one or more control signals from the control system to the pump system; and supplying a liquid substance to the bioreactor in response to the received one or more control signals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring conditions and controlling a process inside a chamber, comprising:
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communicating a material or information from the chamber to a sensor; generating one or more data signals based on the material or information communicated from the chamber; transmitting the one or more data signals to a controller configured with a control process; generating, in the controller, a first control signal and a second control signal based on the control process and the one or more data signals; transmitting the first control signal to a utility tower housed separately from the chamber and coupled to the controller in order to perform a first action; and transmitting the second control signal to a system coupled to the chamber and performing a second action to the chamber based on the second control signal, the second action comprising at least one of supplying a liquid substance to the chamber, supplying a gas to the chamber, changing a level of agitation of contents of the chamber, and changing a temperature inside the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computing system for controlling a process in a bioreactor, comprising:
one or more processors in communication with a computer readable medium storing software code for execution by the one or more processors in order to cause the computing system to receive sensor data signals indicative of a condition of the bioreactor from a sensor system; determine control signals based on at least a bioreactor control process and the sensor data signals; transmit one or more of the control signals to a utility tower, housed separately from the bioreactor, over a communication network connecting the one or more processors and the utility tower to change a condition in the bioreactor by supplying a substance to the bioreactor, agitating contents of the bioreactor, or changing a temperature of the bioreactor; and transmit one or more of the control signals to the sensor system to change a sensing function of the sensor system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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