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US 2021/0340479 A1Published application
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.
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A portable bioreactor, the bioreactor comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) an axial shaft operably connected to a means for rotating the shaft, the axial shaft projecting out of the top of the base;
- (c) a lid capable of attaching to the top of the base forming a gas-tight seal;
- (d) a vessel holder, at one end a means for holding a culture vessel, and at the other end a means for operably connecting the vessel holder to the axial shaft to support the vessel holder and for rotational movement;
- and, (e) a culture vessel.
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The portable bioreactor of clam 1, wherein the culture vessel contains at least 5 mL of fluid.
A portable bioreactor system for growing microbes, the system comprising:
- 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 a 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.