Cellexus adds self-contained oxygen generator for lab use

The new Cellexus Oxygenator is a standalone module that takes in air and concentrates the oxygen component to generate a stream of 93% (+/- 3%) pure oxygen.

According to Cellexus, which develops single-use bioreactors and cell-based technologies for biopharmaceutical research and production, the device can be hooked up to any general system requiring oxygen gas input in, such as chemistry and life science related applications.

The Oxygenator is designed to separate oxygen from compressed air by a pressurised adsorption process using molecular sieves, which adsorb nitrogen allowing the remaining oxygen to pass though the system as the product gas.

The company offers units which provide oxygen at 0.5-, 4-, 8- and 10-litres a minute. Additionally there is a custom-build service for systems producing up to 1 tonne of oxygen per day for specific applications as well as higher capacity and process-scale requirements.

The Cellexus Oxygenator complements the company’s CellMaker Regular single-use bioreactor system, launched in October 2008 for bacterial and yeast cell culture.

Bob Cumming, general manager at Cellexus, said: ‘We are very committed to a programme of product development to meet our customers’ needs and will be launching a range of other products in the coming months, including the CellMaker Plus for culturing most cell types including mammalian and insect cell lines.’

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