Description
The measurement principle is based on capacitance. In an alternating electrical field, viable cells behave like small capacitors due to a build-up of charge across the cell membrane. The charge from these capacitors is measured and can be strongly correlated to cell density. Non-viable cells do not hold charge and as such, are not measured by the technology.
Key Benefits
- Eliminate the need for regular sampling and congested labs
- Automate control of critical events throughout your process via a continuous data stream
- Improve the productivity and consistency of your process
- Track record of success in cGMP environments
- Troubleshooting tool to detect source of process deviation
- Receive world-class support from the foremost experts in the technology
- Non-disruptive cell density measurements
- Fingerprint your process for real-time detection of deviations
- Reduce process contamination risk related to manual sampling
Futura System Overview
The FUTURA system’s three primary hardware components are:
The Probe, the FUTURA Instrument (Head Amplifier) and the Transmitter.
Widely adopted by the world’s leading biotech companies in both R&D and cGMP, ABER’s products are small and light but deliver powerful capabilities and great application flexibility.
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ABER’s FUTURA and OPTURA range of biomass measurement and monitoring sensors offers compact, lightweight instrumentation for use on conventional and disposable bioreactors alike. ABER’s pioneering work in the development and use of dielectric instrumentation to monitor biomass, by measuring cell membrane capacitance and media conductivity, has regularly set new standards. In the biotech market, our current FUTURA range is seen as the benchmark in determining live cell concentration online in bioreactors.
