US 11,987,783 B2
System and method for wirelessly powering a sensor in a bio-processing environment
Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Bangalore (IN); Veena B N Rao, Bangalore (IN); Andreas Axen, Uppsala (SE); Deepak Aravind, Bangalore (IN); Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Bangalore (IN); Hanish Lakhani, Bangalore (IN); Purbasha Halder, Bangalore (IN); and Victor Jose, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Cytiva Sweden AB, Uppsala (SE)
Appl. No. 16/607,544
Filed by Cytiva Sweden AB, Uppsala (SE)
PCT Filed Apr. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/059811
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/197275, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201741015123 (IN), filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0071656 A1, Mar. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 50/00 (2016.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC C12M 27/16 (2013.01) [C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 43/08 (2013.01); C12M 47/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bio-processing system for wirelessly powering one or more sensors, the system comprising:
one or more bio-processing units configured to perform at least one bio-processing operation;
one or more process supporting devices operatively coupled to the one or more bio-processing units, wherein the one or more process supporting devices are configured to aid the one or more bio-processing units in performing the at least one bio-processing operation;
one or more energy sources, wherein the one or more energy sources comprise one or more active energy sources and one or more ambient energy sources;
one or more sensors operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more bio-processing units and the one or more process supporting devices, wherein at least one sensor of the one or more sensors comprises:
an energy harvesting unit configured to harvest energy from at least one energy source of the one or more energy sources, and
an energy storage unit operatively coupled to the energy harvesting unit and configured to store the harvested energy;
a power management subsystem wirelessly coupled to the one or more sensors, wherein the power management subsystem comprises a processor configured to:
wirelessly monitor energy consumption of the one or more sensors and a level of energy stored in corresponding energy storage units of the one or more sensors;
select at least one energy-deficient sensor being unable to power itself and enable a self-sustaining sensor operation of the one or more sensors based on the energy consumption of the one or more sensors and corresponding levels of energy stored in the energy storage units of the one or more sensors; and
identify at least one active energy source of the one or more active energy sources as a power source, wherein the identified power source is configured to wirelessly transfer power to the selected at least one energy-deficient sensor.