INFORMATION ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES

摘要

The present invention relates in certain aspects to systems and methods involving the identification, tracking, determination of location of, determination of material consumption by, waste removal from, component positioning in or on, and assembly of vessels and unit operations or components of cell culture, cell containment, bioreactor, chemical manufacturing, or pharmaceutical manufacturing systems. Certain vessels, unit operations, devices, or other components of the invention may be used to perform all or part of a biological, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing process therein. In some embodiments, the inventive method may be used to assemble system components, verify that the system components are correctly assembled, protect against the use of counterfeit components, etc. Other embodiments of the invention involve articles that allow for the automated assembly of bioreactor systems.