The Automation Partnership (cambridge) Limited

The Automation Partnership Ltd.

Richard Wales

Martin Leuthold

Patrick Courtney

Neil Bargh

Peter Esser

David Serge Malinge

Stephen Guy

James Pilgrim

Andrew Tait

Matthew Paley

A reversible liquid filtration system for cell culture perfusion comprises: a bioreactor vessel (B), for storing the cell culture (L); a perfusion pump (P), comprising a reciprocable element (P) which is movable in opposing first and second pumping directions (dF, dR); a filter (F); and first and second bi-directional valves (BV, BV), each selectively controllable between open and closed positions. The perfusion pump (P), the filter (F), and the first and second bi-directional valves (BV, BV), together comprise a fluidic circuit in communication with the bioreactor vessel (B). The bi-directional valves (BV, BV) are controllable to open and close in co-ordination with the reciprocating perfusion pump (P), in order to enable both a two-way filtering flow around the fluidic circuit and also an alternating filtering flow between the bioreactor vessel (B) and the perfusion pump (P).

Reversible liquid filtration system

A method for automating process development in a bioprocessing environment is provided. The method comprising: executing a first experiment run according to a set of parameters; retrieving a first real-time set of data of the experiment run while the experiment run is being executed; retrieving a second real-time set of data of an experiment run being executed in parallel, analysing the retrieved first real-time set of data and the second real-time set of data to determine an adjusted set of parameters; and, modifying, based on the analysis, the parameters upon which the experiment run is being executed during execution of the run such that the run continues to be executed according to the modified set of parameters. A system, computer program and computer readable medium are also provided.

Automated bioprocess development

An automated modular filtration system, particularly for low volume tangential flow filtration processes, comprises a plurality of filtration modules formed as separate assemblies and at least one control unit for jointly controlling filtration processes of individual filtration units. Each filtration module contains at least one individual filtration unit for executing a filtration process independent of the other filtration units, first input ports for receiving a first type of fluids, second input ports for receiving a second type of fluids, and exit ports for outputting unused system fluids. First type fluids are process fluids are specific to the filtration processes executed in individual filtration units. Second type fluids are system fluids not specific to filtration processes executed in the individual filtration units. The second input and exit ports establish inter-module connections so system fluids can be forwarded from one filtration module to an adjacent filtration module of the filtration system.

Automated modular filtration system

A culture flaskcomprises two or more internal chambers-defining a plurality of parallel surfaces of different sizes and means for fluid communicationbetween the chambers-

Culture flask

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Richard Wales