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US 12,378,511 B2Granted
Portable bioreactors and portable bioreactor systems for analyzing biofilm formation and degradation
AssigneesThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Biorealize, Inc.
InventorsOrkan Telhan, Karen Hogan
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to portable bioreactors that allow the custom production of microbial cultures, and in some embodiments, the production of custom microbial biofilms. Also disclosed are portable bioreactor systems that are networked and capable of cooperative work in parallel.
Claims7
A portable bioreactor system for growing microbes, the system comprising:
- a portable bioreactor having a base, the base comprising a battery module configured to supply power to the portable bioreactor without access to power from an electric power grid;
- a culture vessel comprising a syringe;
- a mount disposed within the culture vessel, the mount comprising a surface for biofilm growth;
- memory;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more modules stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the modules comprising instructions for:
- (a) agitating the culture vessel;
- (b) measuring a property of the culture vessel contents by operating a peripheral;
- and,
- (c) providing data to an external computer by means of a wireless connection.
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