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The Allegro STR bioreactor family • The single bottom-mounted The Allegro STR bioreactor family
combines Pall’s bioprocess en- impeller design allows the combines Pall’s bioprocess en-
gineering expertise, cell culture biocontainer to be packed into gineering expertise, cell culture
know-how and our drive for quali- a compact unit that can be know-how and our drive for quali-
ty into a series of single-use biore- placed directly into the hard- ty into a series of single-use biore-
actors that deliver consistent and ware with minimal operator actors that deliver consistent and
scalable cell culture performance manipulation u scalable cell culture performance
across the range. The Allegro STR • Installation and inflation of the across the range. The Allegro STR
bioreactor family has a direct bot- biocontainer is achieved in < bioreactor family has a direct bot-
tom-driven impellor allowing pow- 30 minutes through a guided tom-driven impellor allowing pow-
er inputs up to 0.25 W/kg, result- sequence via the Human Ma- er inputs up to 0.25 W/kg, result-
ing in high oxygen transfer rates chine Interface (HMI) ing in high oxygen transfer rates
and short mixing times. From the • The low aspect ratio of the sys- and short mixing times. From the
outset of the design, our technolo- tems minimize the operations outset of the design, our technolo-
gy placed strong emphasis toward that have to be performed at gy placed strong emphasis toward
providing a compact, ergonomic height providing a compact, ergonomic
and intuitive turn key bioreactor • Automatic biocontainer de- and intuitive turn key bioreactor
design concept to maximize usabil- flation speeds up turnaround design concept to maximize usabil-
ity and process assurance, while time, minimizes operator activ- ity and process assurance, while
maintaining optimal performance ity and reduces the overall maintaining optimal performance
needed in a cell culture environ- volume of waste for disposal. needed in a cell culture environ-
ment through several easy and ment through several easy and
intuitive operation features: intuitive operation features:
• Integrated testable gamma
irradiated Emflon® II vent
filter with heating jacket
• Well structured graphical
user interface
• Siemens PLC based controller
with 6 digital mass flow meters
• Large viewing window and
transparent film allow visu-
al checks on cell culture
• Ports for aseptic insertion
of conventional probes and
single-use sensors
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