Bioprocess Display Arrangement for LED-Guided Assembly Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bioprocess systems face challenges in efficiently and cost-effectively displaying assembly and process information, particularly for single-use components, leading to errors and increased setup time due to the need for manual checks and complex, costly solutions like projectors and smart clamps.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a flexible and cost-effective display arrangement using light-emitting elements, such as LEDs or LED-stripes, directly attached to or near system components to provide graphical user interfaces for assembly and process information, allowing easy identification of errors and quick reactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If visual feedback is provided via a user interface of electronic process control, then system information can be displayed, but the user interface is located at a distance from the system component and requires repeated checking between the bioprocess system and the electronic process control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by moving the display from a 2D remote user interface to a spatially distributed visual feedback system where LED elements are positioned directly adjacent to or on the system components themselves. This allows users to obtain visual information about component status (assembly correctness, operational state, warnings, errors) directly at the component location without needing to repeatedly check a remote interface, thereby reducing time loss and improving information accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If a projector is used to show images of system components during assembly, then visual feedback about correct placement can be provided, but the projector is costly and complex and needs to be combined with a camera for feedback
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the expensive and complex projector-camera system with inexpensive LED elements that can be directly integrated into or near the bioprocess system components. These LED elements provide sufficient visual feedback for assembly guidance and operational status without requiring complex imaging systems, thereby significantly reducing device complexity and cost while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the essential function of visual feedback from the complex projector-camera system and implements it through simple LED elements that provide the necessary information (assembly correctness, operational state, warnings, errors) without the need for imaging, processing, and display of images. This extraction simplifies the system while retaining the core functionality.
3Reliability
If smart clamps with LED elements are used to check assembly of clamps, then feedback about correct assembly can be provided, but the use case is limited to systems with smart clamps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a display arrangement using LED elements that can be applied to various types of bioprocess system components (tubes, receptacles, sensors, clamps, etc.) rather than being limited to smart clamps only. The LED elements can indicate assembly correctness, operational state, warnings, and errors for any monitored system component, making the solution broadly applicable and versatile across different component types and bioprocess operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Reduces time and cost overhead by providing visual feedback directly on the bioprocess system, enhancing user experience and reducing errors during assembly and operation.
Implementation Method 1
The display component comprises a light emitting element arranged separate from the monitored system component and arranged next to or on the monitored system component
Data Source
AI summary
A bioprocess system for a bioprocess operation with a display arrangement, wherein the bioprocess system comprises system components comprising at least one monitored system component, wherein the system components can be assembled into an assembled state in which the bioprocess system is operational for the bioprocess operation and can be disassembled into a disassembled state in which the bioprocess system is not operational for the bioprocess operation, The bioprocess system comprises a control arrangement and the display arrangement comprises at least one display component. In an assembled state of the bioprocess system during a bioprocess operation the control arrangement displays process information via the display arrangement and/or wherein during assembly of the bioprocess system the control arrangement displays assembly information via the display arrangement, wherein the process information and/or the assembly information concern at least the monitored system component and the display arrangement comprises at least one display component.