Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system
First Claim
1. A system for generating an electronic history of a bioreactor control process, the system comprising:
- a controller configured to determine control signals to carry out the bioreactor control process, the control signals based at least on information related to a condition in a bioreactor received in the controller over a first communication network; and
a utility tower configured to receive the control signals from the controller over a second communication network, the utility tower further configured to change a condition in the bioreactor, located external to the utility tower, based on the control signals, the utility tower comprisinga computer configured to record an electronic history of conditions occurring in the bioreactor and control actions performed by the utility tower on the bioreactor,a monitoring system that transmits information related to a condition of the bioreactor to the controller over the first communication network, anda supply system which supplies a substance to the bioreactor in response to a control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network, wherein the supply system comprises a gas control system that receives a first control signal from the controller over the second communication network and changes the contents of the bioreactor by supplying a substance to or removing a substance from the bioreactor in response to the first control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network.
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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. The controller receives information related to a condition of the process over a first communication network, determines a control signal based on the received information and the programmed process, and sends the control signal over a second communication network to a benchtop utility tower. In one example, the utility tower can include transmitters for temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen that send information related to a condition of the process to the controller over the first communication network, and an agitation system, a gas control system, a temperature control system and a pump control system that perform a control action based on the control signal affecting the process condition. The utility tower can include a computer with a human-machine interface that communicates with the controller over a third communication network.
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1. A system for generating an electronic history of a bioreactor control process, the system comprising:
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a controller configured to determine control signals to carry out the bioreactor control process, the control signals based at least on information related to a condition in a bioreactor received in the controller over a first communication network; and a utility tower configured to receive the control signals from the controller over a second communication network, the utility tower further configured to change a condition in the bioreactor, located external to the utility tower, based on the control signals, the utility tower comprising a computer configured to record an electronic history of conditions occurring in the bioreactor and control actions performed by the utility tower on the bioreactor, a monitoring system that transmits information related to a condition of the bioreactor to the controller over the first communication network, and a supply system which supplies a substance to the bioreactor in response to a control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network, wherein the supply system comprises a gas control system that receives a first control signal from the controller over the second communication network and changes the contents of the bioreactor by supplying a substance to or removing a substance from the bioreactor in response to the first control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a controller configured to determine control signals to carry out a bioreactor control process, the control signals based at least on information related to a condition in a bioreactor received in the controller over a first communication network; and a utility tower configured to receive the control signals from the controller over a second communication network, the utility tower further configured to change a condition in the bioreactor, located external to the utility tower, based on the control signals, the utility tower comprising a computer configured to record an electronic history of conditions occurring in the bioreactor and control actions performed by the utility tower on the bioreactor, a monitoring system that transmits information related to a condition of the bioreactor to the controller over the first communication network, and a supply system which supplies a substance to the bioreactor in response to a control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network, wherein the supply system comprise a pump control system that receives a first control signal from the controller over the second communication network and changes the contents of the bioreactor by supplying a substance to or removing a substance from the bioreactor in response to the first control signal communicated from the controller over the second communication network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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