Patent ID: 7632673

Claim:
A reactor device configured to handle microbial or unicellular liquid-phase cultivations, comprising: an inline device for obtaining measurement results from fluid samples, a storage for receiving a plurality of containers, a channel for delivering fluid samples to said inline device and said storage via said channel, reactor vessels for containing fluid, connected to said channel via valves, said reactor vessels comprising at least one inlet for introducing fluid into said reactor vessels via said inlets, a controller for controlling the fluid sample delivery, the inline device, the storage and the valves for taking fluid samples from selected reactor vessels one by one, and for delivering said fluid samples to the inline device and the storage via said channel, a source of a cleaning fluid which is connected to said channel via a valve, and said controller is configured to control said valve for cleaning said channel by delivering cleaning fluid through said channel, and an actuator for moving said plurality of containers received by said storage and/or an end of said channel such that fluid samples taken from the different reactor vessels are fed from the channel into different containers, wherein said controller is configured to control the reactor device for taking fluid samples from selected reactor vessels one by one, by controlling the reactor device to open a valve connecting a selected reactor vessel to said channel; to deliver a fluid sample from said selected reactor vessel to said inline device and said storage; to close said opened valve; to open said valve connecting the source of a cleaning fluid to said channel for delivering cleaning fluid through said channel between fluid samples taken from different reactor vessels; and to close said valve connecting the source of a cleaning fluid to said channel.