Continuous noninvasive monitoring of cell growth in disposable bioreactors

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

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Reinecke, T.¹  Biechele, P.²  Sobocinski, M.³  Suhr, H.¹  Bakes, K.¹  Solle, D.²  Jantunen, H.³  Scheper, T.²  Zimmermann, S.¹ 

[1] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Dept Sensors & Measurement Technol, Inst Elect Engn & Measurement Technol, Appelstr 9A, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

[2] Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Tech Chem, Callinstr 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

[3] Univ Oulu, Microelect Res Unit, Erkki Koiso Kanttilan Katu 3, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland

关键词: Disposable bioreactor;    Single use bioreactor;    Dielectric spectroscopy;    Continuous cell growth monitoring;    Linear variable differential transformer;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.snb.2017.05.111

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

To ensure high quality output of biotechnological processes, relevant process parameters need to be monitored. As bioprocesses are increasingly executed in single use bioreactors, there is an increasing demand for new sensors applicable to these processes. In this work, we investigate different approaches for continuous non-invasive cell growth monitoring, especially for single use bioreactor applications. Therefore, the permittivity of the cell culture is used as a measure for the biomass. In a first step, a measuring procedure based on the transmission measurement of an electromagnetic wave is investigated. It appears that the penetration depth of this sensor is not sufficient for a noninvasive measurement through the polymer wall of a single use bioreactor. Therefore, alternative setups based on magnetic induction are investigated. The initial setup is very simple. It consists of a planar coil connected to an impedance analyzer. The coil is attached to the outside of the polymer foil of the single use bioreactor and an impedance spectrum is measured. To evaluate the sensor, E. coli cultivations are performed in a modified cultivation setup, which enables measurements through the polymer foil of a Sartorius BIOSTAT (R) CultiBag RM, and additionally allows sampling of culture medium for optical density reference measurements. The resonance peak of the coil in the impedance spectrum, is observed as measure for the optical density. Regardless of the simple sensor construction, we found a good correlation between optical density and the damping ratio of the resonance peak. However, the sensor signal shows saturation towards high optical densities. Therefore, an LTCC coil producing a higher magnetic flux density in the culture medium is investigated subsequently. This sensor shows a linear response up to high optical densities, but the sensitivity is reduced compared to the former used coil and therefore scattering of the data is increased. However, to increase the sensitivity, a linear variable differential transformer is realized. Using this setup, the influence of the primary magnetic flux is eliminated from the measuring voltage. This approach delivers the most promising results, as the sensor response is linear up to high optical densities and data scattering is low. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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