| Broadley-James Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20120072028 | INTEGRATED BIO-REACTOR MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - 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. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120065782 | INTEGRATED BIO-REACTOR MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - 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. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20110159475 | INTEGRATED BIO-REACTOR MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - 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. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110124035 | DEVICE FOR EXPOSING A SENSOR TO A CELL CULTURE POPULATION IN A BIOREACTOR VESSEL - Devices and methods for exposing a sensor to a cell culture or microbial population are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor well for use with a bioreactor vessel includes a sheath; a sensing element disposed on or in a portion of the sheath; a signal transmitter disposed within at least a portion of the sheath and configured to provide signals to and/or receive signals from the sensing element and provide signals to and/or receive signals from a sensor controller; a connector configured to attach the sensor well to a portion of a bioreactor vessel, the connector including an aperture through which the sheath can be deployed into the bioreactor vessel; and a collapsible bellows which houses the sheath when in an undeployed position, the bellows coupled to one end of the sheath, the bellows, the connector, and the sheath configured to form at least a portion of a hermetically sealable and sterilizable enclosure. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20100099172 | INTEGRATED BIO-REACTOR MONITOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - 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. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100075405 | BIOREACTOR JACKET - A bioreactor system ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100028990 | STERILE BIOREACTOR BAG WITH INTEGRATED DRIVE UNIT - Flexible, sterilizable, disposable bioreactors are provided with integrated fluidic drive units that agitate media inside the bioreactor without introducing contamination. The bioreactor system ( | 02-04-2010 |
