Enclosures for Cell Culture Systems

Bigneat collaborates with Hamilton to provide enclosures for a fully automated cell culture system. These offer a sterile environment with laminar flow protection. During the development of their latest system for the standardisation of the cell culture process, Hamilton and Life & Brain have needed to bring together a MICROLABr STAR pipetting workstation and two Kendro incubators all linked by a standard PC for process control. The layout of the system requires samples to be passed in and out of a sterile environment, and for there to be excellent access for maintenance and loading of the system. Bigneat has provided the sterile enclosure, which is accessed by sliding doors. It includes two HEPA filtration units; one within the roof of the enclosure, which blows sterile air downwards over the apparatus; plus another situated under the unit which draws air at the front of
the enclosure and exhausts back to the room.