American intelligence platform Elemental Machines (EM) has brought to market fully productised, cloud-based solutions for monitoring bioreactors using IoT.
To connect to the cloud, EM uses its powerful IoT sensors to gather operational data intelligence and conveniently present this data on the cloud.
When the company’s engineers and data scientists complete a new integration, existing equipment around the world gains new functionality as a cloud-connected, data-reporting device.
To date, 75% of Elemental Machines’ integration work has focused on incubators – and for good reason. The temperature, humidity, CO2, and O2 concentration data we extract and dispatch from incubators is critical to LabOps pros and scientists tasked with ensuring environmental integrity and reproducibility of experiments.
For years, bioreactor integration has been my white whale. It’s a goal that I’ve carried from employer to employer and transferred from notebook to notebook
"I’m most excited to announce the launch of two significant categories of integrations: liquid nitrogen tanks and bioreactors," said Sal Savo, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at EM. "For years, bioreactor integration has been my white whale. It’s a goal that I’ve carried from employer to employer and transferred from notebook to notebook."
Elemental Machines is to bring to market a fully productised, cloud-based solution for monitoring bioreactors using IoT. Scientists will now be able to monitor critical parameters such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen level, pressure, CO2, and stirring speed inside of their bioreactors anytime, anywhere. For a category where process is everything, such effortless continuous monitoring is a significant development.
Another cause for celebration is the new EM integration with liquid nitrogen tanks (a.k.a cryotanks). A cryotank must be continually topped off with liquid nitrogen to maintain its temperature – a step often preceded by a simple temperature check via probe. But too often, such measurement only raises a flag after it's too late. EM’s integration solution reads the liquid nitrogen level thereby enabling the user to fill the tank before the temperature rises.
