Aseptika Ltd launches Time Saving Single-use Bioreactor Sampler
PRESS RELEASE27th May 2008
Aseptika Ltd, an innovator in the development of clean technologies for the Biopharmaceutical industry, has launched their Bioreactor SamplerTM.
Sampling bioreactors and fermentors takes around 15 seconds with the Aseptika Bioreactor Sampler, additionally eliminating the risk of contamination.
Monitoring, assaying and recording parameters off-line are an essential part of running and maintaining a bioreactor or fermentor.
Often, the environment in a laboratory is far from sterile or clean, so taking samples from a bioreactor can be the cause of bacterial, viral or chemical contamination of the vessel. Mammalian cell cultures are particularly at risk of contamination because of the rich media used and the length of time for which the culture is often run. Losing a culture due to contamination is costly. Not only is the media expensive but the time lost in restarting the bioreactor/fermentor can put important projects in jeopardy.
The Bioreactor SamplerTM (patent applied for) has a unique system that withdraws samples through its non-return valves. Firstly, flush the sample line into a waste collector, SNAP the single-use valve, SAMPLE into the sample syringe and then SEAL the USP Class VI tubing and remove the syringe. It all takes just 15 seconds!
Aseptika Bioreactor SamplerTM features:
• Universally applicable: can be used with any type of bioreactor or fermentor (reusable glass and steel or single-use).
• Single-use: no cleaning, autoclaving and no contamination.
• Flexible and modular: 6, 12 or 18 samples as standard, with additional capacity using individually packed Sample Modules.
• Unique unidirectional flow system ensuring no sample returns to the bioreactor vessel, eliminating contamination.
• Medical-grade materials (USP Class VI).
• Made under Class 10,000 clean room conditions.
• Gamma irradiated to 25-40 KGy to ensure sterility.
• Pressure tested to assess the integrity and ensures reliability in use.
• Every device has its own serial number and barcode for traceability.
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Images of the Aseptika Bioreactor Sampler can be downloaded from the Company’s website
www.aseptika.com
Further information:
14 Elizabeth Drive, Hartford, Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire, PE29 1WA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1480 352 821
Fax: +44 1480 351 646
Email: jessica.auton@aseptika.com
www.aseptika.com
Notes to editors:
Aseptika Ltd is a dynamic company specialising in the design of new technologies, which are used under the stringent "clean" conditions in the research and production of biopharmaceuticals.
Our products reduce time and costs, by making a process easier to perform by the operator and through the intelligent application of single-use technologies.
Our products are made of USP Class VI materials and are manufactured in Class 10,000 clean rooms. We individually test each product to ensure quality, reliability and performance to specification.