Cell Culture Management System with Bidirectional Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no comprehensive system to manage cell culture systems when they are individually installed, lacking integration and coordination across different devices and protocols.
Innovation Solution
A cell culture management system comprising a data management device, output data server, customer server, and cell management server, connected in bidirectional communication, which transmits and receives protocols, order information, location information, and inventory data to manage cell culture processes and inventory across different cultural devices and compartments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cell culture systems are individually installed without integration, then each device can operate independently, but comprehensive management and coordination across different devices and protocols cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
A data management device is introduced as an intermediary component that mediates between multiple cultural devices (first cultural device, second cultural device) and the cell management compartment. This intermediary handles data transmission, protocol management, and coordination, enabling comprehensive system management without requiring direct complex interconnections between all individual devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The data management device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it manages data from different cultural devices, handles protocol transmission and reception, coordinates cell orders and inventory, and interfaces with various servers (output data server, customer server, cell management server). This multi-functional approach allows a single device to provide comprehensive management capability across the entire cell culture system.
2Productivity
If multiple cultural devices operate independently, then device simplicity is maintained, but protocol sharing and coordination efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes feedback loops where the data management device receives protocol information from cultural devices, processes and stores it, then transmits relevant protocols to appropriate servers and devices. This feedback mechanism ensures that protocol information is continuously circulated, shared, and updated across the system, preventing information loss and enabling efficient protocol sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
Protocol information from different cultural devices is merged and centralized in the data management device. This consolidation allows protocols to be shared across the entire system rather than remaining siloed in individual devices, improving protocol sharing efficiency while maintaining a unified information repository.
3Reliability
If comprehensive data collection is implemented across all devices, then management capability is improved, but system complexity and data handling burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The data management function is segmented and distributed across multiple specialized servers: the output data server handles data from the first cultural device, the customer server manages orders and data from the second cultural device, and the cell management server handles inventory and cell-related data. This segmentation allows comprehensive data collection while distributing the handling burden, preventing any single device from becoming overly complex.
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AI summary
The present invention provides cell culture management systems. A cell culture management system according to the present invention includes an output data server provided in a first cultural device for culturing a first kind of cells; a customer server provided in a second cultural device for culturing a second kind of cells; and a cell management server provided in a cell management compartment where the second kind of cells are stored, in which the output data server, the customer server, and the cell management server are each connected to and in bidirectional communication with a data management device.