US 12,378,511 B2
Portable bioreactors and portable bioreactor systems for analyzing biofilm formation and degradation
Orkan Telhan, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Karen Hogan, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Biorealize, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/284,415
Filed by The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Biorealize, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/055312
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/076894, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/743,377, filed on Oct. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340479 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 23/54 (2013.01) [C12M 23/28 (2013.01); C12M 23/32 (2013.01); C12M 27/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable bioreactor system for growing microbes, the system comprising:
a portable bioreactor having a base, the base comprising a battery module configured to supply power to the portable bioreactor without access to power from an electric power grid;
a culture vessel comprising a syringe;
a mount disposed within the culture vessel, the mount comprising a surface for biofilm growth;
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 the 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.