Methods and systems for tracking performance characteristics of probes for a biomanufacturing system

A system for tracking performance characteristics of probes used in biomanufacturing procedures, the system comprising:

• a bioreactor array that includes a plurality of vessels, each vessel having one or more sensor probes configured to be removably attached to a respective vessel;
• a control computer communicatively coupled to each vessel in the bioreactor array, the control computer having a processor configured to execute instructions to control experiments in each vessel and to receive sensor data from each sensor probe;
• and
• a data store communicatively coupled to the control computer and configured to store meta data about each sensor probe,
• wherein, the control computer is further configured to:
• determine dynamic in-use performance characteristics of a sensor probe during an experiment and update respective meta data in the data store during the experiment in response to receiving the dynamic in-use performance characteristics;
• and
• determine static not-in-use performance characteristics of the sensor probe during an experiment such that meta data in the data store is altered in response to the receiving the static not-in-use performance characteristics;
• and
• a user interface computer coupled to the control computer through a computer network and configured to provide an interface for a remote user to interact with the control computer.

A computer-executable method for tracking performance characteristics of equipment embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, that when executed by a computer processor cause the computer system to:

• assign a trackable identification to a sensor probe configured to be used in a biomanufacturing system, the trackable identification associated with a data set stored in a data store;
• assign initial meta data to the respective data set about the associated sensor probe in the data store that is associated with the trackable identification;
• determine dynamic in-use performance characteristics of the sensor probe during use of the sensor probe in the biomanufacturing system;
• change the meta data in the data store during the use of the sensor probe in response to receiving the determined dynamic in-use performance characteristics;
• test the sensor probe for static not-in-use performance characteristics after use in the biomanufacturing system for determining usability of the sensor probe;
• and
• change the meta data in the data store in response to the determined static performance characteristics.