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BI OREACTORS NEW SOLUTI ONS FOR OLD PROBLEMS Dr. Pavel Lehky LAMBDA Laborat ory I nst rument s www.rhone.ch/ lambda 1 st I nternational Congress on Bioreactor Technology www.rhone.ch/ lambda OUTLI NE St irring mechanism I R-heat


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  • Dr. Pavel Lehky

LAMBDA – Laborat ory I nst rument s

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BI OREACTORS NEW SOLUTI ONS FOR OLD PROBLEMS

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OUTLI NE

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  • St irring mechanism
  • I R-heat ing syst em
  • Approach used in t he MI NI FOR
  • Probes
  • Ferment at ion accessories (Pumps and gas

f low cont roller)

  • Conclusions
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TRADI TI ONAL STI RRI NG

a) Mechanical seals

  • No physical separat ion
  • Cont aminat ions
  • Service “sensit ive”

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TRADI TI ONAL STI RRI NG

b) Magnetic coupling

  • Separat ion St erilit y
  • Dead spaces
  • High cost

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NEW STI RRI NG SCHEME

Up and down movement

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NEW STI RRI NG SCHEME

Fermentor head

  • Separat ion St erilit y
  • Elect romagnet Mot or
  • Easy t o mount (one hand)
  • Threaded necks
  • Low cost

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NEW STI RRI NG SCHEME

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Stirring discs

  • Count er rot at ing f low pat hs
  • Vert ical st ream (t hrough t he

holes)

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NEW STI RRI NG SCHEME

Stirring properties

  • Whole volume st irring
  • Good gas dist ribut ion
  • No vort ex f ormed
  • No baf f les needed
  • Reduced f oaming
  • Gent le t o cells

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NEW STI RRI NG SCHEME

I n action…

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a) Capillary

Possible blocking by salt s

AI R SPARGERS

b) Silicone

  • No blocking by salt s
  • Good bot t om circulat ion

and bubble breaking

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FERMENTATI ON VESSELS

  • Adopt ed f rom cell

cult ure

  • Up t o 8 t hreaded side

necks

  • Good accessibilit y
  • Variabilit y
  • Low cost
  • “j acket able”

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STOPPER

  • Ef f icient sealing
  • Reusable many t imes

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“COFFEE CUP” RADI ATOR

  • I R-heat ing gent le sun-like

heat ing

  • Nat ural convect ion
  • No cont act wit h vessel
  • No overheat ing at any volume
  • Up t o 60°C in 3l vessel
  • 98% energy yield
  • Negligible heat capacit y
  • Low volt age

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Fermentor case

  • I nt egrat ed f ree-st anding

vessel

  • Cascaded design
  • Ergonomic arrangement
  • Excellent accessibilit y
  • Ext remely compact

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Control panel

  • Closest t o operat or
  • All inf ormat ion at a

glance (no scrolling or menu select ion)

  • Easy operat ion

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Radiator

  • Sealing vessel holder

spill prot ect ion

  • Vessels above heat

source

  • Shielding of t he hot

coil prot ect ion against burning

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Front connectors

  • Short est connect ion

bet ween probes and vessel

  • Sealed cables

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Fermentor platf orm

  • Air out put and st orage

bot t les behind t he vessel

  • Short est connect ion

bet ween pumps and vessel

  • Magnet ic holders

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Rear side

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

General view

  • Up t o 4 pumps on support s
  • Pump prot ect ion in case of

t ubing rupt ure

  • Good visibilit y of pump

st at us

  • Easy accessibilit y f rom all

sides

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THE MI NI FOR APPROACH

Serial f ermentation

  • Opt imisat ion in series
  • Can be used separat ely (complet ely independent )

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PROBES

pH and temperature probe

  • Variopin connect or (f reely st erilisable)
  • Pt 100 int egrat ed in t he glass elect rode

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PROBES

DO probe

  • PEEK body
  • Freely st erilisable connect or
  • Large cat hode syst em

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PROBES

DO probe membrane module

  • Glass support ed PTFE

membrane

  • Fast response
  • Membrane prot ect ion

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I NOCULATI ON & SAMPLI NG

  • St ainless st eel

capillaries

  • Luer-Lock

adapt ers

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PERI STALTI C PUMPS

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  • Compact
  • Reliable
  • Economy of t ubing
  • Progressive speed cont rol
  • Const ant compression

cont rol

  • Large rollers
  • Asymmet ric head
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PERI STALTI C PUMPS

I n action…

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MASSFLOW

Gas f low control

  • Cont rolled aut omat ic

addit ion of CO2 or N2 during cell cult ures

  • No need of expensive

gas st at ions

  • Programmable
  • Tot aliser

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CELL CULTURE ADAPTOR

  • Very gent le st irring
  • Oxygenat ion t hrough moving coil

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I NTEGRATOR

  • Tot alisat ion of

delivered liquid or gas

  • Access t o growt h

kinet ics

  • Enzyme act ivit y

measurement

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FERMENTATI ON

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Addit ion of acid or base necessary t o keep t he pH const ant would not appear wit hout PRECI FLOW and I NTEGRATOR !

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FNet – SOFTWARE (Sysmatec)

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  • Dat a saving
  • Graph scaling
  • Prof ile def init ion
  • Alarms
  • Complet e easy t o use sof t ware f or

laborat ory f erment ors

  • Connect ion of up t o 6 f erment ors,

12 int egrat ors and 6 pumps

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CONCLUSI ONS

  • A maj or ef f ort was invest ed t o make

bioreact ors more ef f icient and simple

  • New up and down st irring concept providing

easy st erilit y

  • I R-heat er f or gent le heat ing
  • pH and DO probes
  • Pumps and gas f low cont roller

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This work would not have been possible without:

Jaroslav Bernášek, Vladimir ermák, Rainer Glöckler, Vlastimil Hanuš, Hans Kulla, Lida Lehká, Jan Marc Lehky, Petr Lehky, Stanislav Tíska, Daniel Venetz, Patrick Yax, Michal Zemek

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THANK YOU !!!