Automated modular filtration system

An automated modular filtration system for tangential flow filtration processes, the automated modular filtration system comprising:

• a plurality of filtration modules formed as separate pre-assembled structures,
• each of the plurality of filtration modules containing at least one individual tangential flow filtration unit configured to receive a filter cassette including one or a plurality of membrane filters to carry out an ultrafiltration process or a diafiltration process,
• each of the at least one individual filtration units of the plurality of filtration modules being designed for executing a filtration process for harvesting target molecules independent of the other at least one individual filtration units of the plurality of filtration modules,
• each of the plurality of filtration modules also including first input ports for receiving a first type of fluids, the fluids of the first type being process fluids which are specific to the respective filtration processes executed in the individual filtration units and include a protein solution and/or a buffer solution,
• each of the plurality of filtration modules also including second input ports for receiving a second type of fluids, the fluids of the second type being system fluids which are not specific to the respective filtration processes executed in the individual filtration units and include at least one of the following:
• a cleaning fluid, a buffer solution for calibration, water, a storage solution used to maintain physical or chemical integrity of the system during periods of non-use, and
• each of the plurality of filtration modules also including exit ports for outputting unused system fluids,
• the second input ports and the exit ports of each of the plurality of filtration modules being designed for establishing inter-module connections so that the system fluids can be forwarded from one of the plurality of filtration modules to an adjacent one of the plurality of filtration modules of the automated modular filtration system,
• the automated modular filtration system further comprising system fluid lines leading from the second input ports to the exit ports within the plurality of filtration modules, the system fluid lines branching off to the individual filtration units,
• the automated modular filtration system further comprising at least one control unit designed for jointly controlling the filtration processes executed in the individual filtration units.