Patent ID: 8440452
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: C12M,C12Q,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a process in a bioreactor, comprising: generating one or more data signals in a sensor system comprising one or more sensors connected to the bioreactor, the one or more data signals related to a condition of the bioreactor; transmitting the one or more data signals from the sensor system over a communication network connecting a control system, the sensor system, and a pump system, the control system comprising a controller configured with a bioreactor control process and a utility tower housed separately from the bioreactor and coupled to the controller via the communication network; determining one or more control signals in the controller, the one or more control signals based on the bioreactor control process and on one or more data signals received in the controller from the sensor system; communicating the one or more control signals from the controller to the utility tower; changing a condition in the bioreactor based on the one or more control signals received in the utility tower; communicating the one or more control signals from the control system to the pump system; and supplying a liquid substance to the bioreactor in response to the received one or more control signals.