Patent ID: 7824902
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: C12M

Abstract:
1. A port assembly for use with a polymeric bioreactor bag said assembly comprising: i) a hollow port member comprised at least in part of a material suitable to be fusibly affixed to the wall surface of said bioreactor bag; ii) at least one fluorophore spot positioned on said port member; iii) conduit means for conveying excitation light from an optical source to said fluorophore, said conduit means being an assembly comprising at least one of a lens, a curved parabolic collimator, a shaped reflector or a wave guide; iv) conduit means for conveying fluorescent emission light from said fluorophore to a photo-detector, said conduit means being an assembly comprising at least one of a lens, a curved parabolic collimator, a shaped reflector or a wave guide;