Apparatus and method for monitoring cultures
AssigneeCytoprom Ltd
InventorsEdmund Kunji, Shane Palmer
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Abstract
Disclosed is a bubble excluder device (2) adapted for use with, and attachment to, a probe (6) for continuous measurement of the cell density of a culture in a liquid medium; the bubble excluder device comprising an inlet and an outlet to allow flow of liquid through the device and bubble exclusion means (20) to reduce or prevent ingress of bubbles from the liquid medium outside the device.
Claims18
A bubble excluder device adapted for use with, and attachment to, a probe for continuous measurement of the cell density of a culture in a liquid medium in an aerated fermenter, the bubble excluder device comprising an inlet and an outlet to allow flow of liquid through the device, the inlet having a conduit which, in use, is substantially vertical, the conduit comprising means for bubble exclusion which creates a serpentine flowpath within the conduit, the means for bubble exclusion serving to reduce or prevent ingress of bubbles from the liquid medium outside the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.