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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Tap Biosystems (Phc) Limited, Royston, Hertfordshire, GB;
Adrian Neil Bargh, Royston, GB;
Adrian James Stacey, Cambridge, GB;
Sean Kenneth Sullivan, Baldock, GB;
THE AUTOMATION PARTNERSHIP (CAMBRIDGE) LTD., Royston, Hertfordshire, GB;
Abstract
A bioreactor consumable unit () comprises a bioreactor part (); a fluid feed container part () integrally connected with the bioreactor part and including at least one fluid feed container () in fluid communication with the bioreactor (); and an integral pumping element () configured to enable fluid to flow from the at least one fluid feed container () to the bioreactor (). The bioreactor part () includes a bioreactor chamber () and a stirrer () for agitation of a cell culture () in the chamber. The pumping element comprises a combination of a syringe pump () and an associated three-way valve (). The bioreactor consumable unit () may be inserted into a receiving station () of a cell culture module () for the processing and control of a bioreaction in the bioreactor chamber (). The provision of the fluid feed containers () and the pumping element () as integral parts of the bioreactor consumable unit () facilitates the set-up of the processing, because the various fluid connections between those components are already established. The syringe pump () provides accurate dispensing of fluids to the bioreactor chamber ().