Method for measuring a plurality of parameters of state of a fluid contained in a container

US10968421B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Mario Becker · Oettingen, DE
• Gerhard Greller · Oettingen, DE
• Christian Grimm · Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE
• Thorsten Adams · Oettingen, DE
• Lars Boettcher · Homberg (Efze), DE
• Henry Weichert · Westewitz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N35/00871
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method is provided for measuring parameters of state of a fluid contained in a container (10, 10′) that has a sensor carrier plate with plural sensors (S01-S10, S01′-S10′). Each sensor has a sensor head in operative contact with the interior of the container (10, 10′) and in operative contact with an external control unit (12). The external control unit (12) receives measurement data generated by the sensor heads of active sensors via their communication link and processes the data. An activation data record (24, 24′) is assigned to each sensor (S01-S10, S01′-S10′) and is recorded in a manner that is accessible for the external control unit (12). The external control unit (12) first accesses the activation data records (24, 24′), then classifies the sensors (S01-S10, S01′-S10′) as activatable or nonactivatable sensors, and subsequently activates only those sensors classified as activatable sensors.