Michael Franco, director, global biopharma sales at PSG Biotech, highlights the pain points that must be overcome in critical life science procedures and biopharmaceutical production operations. Specifically, the flow-measurement options currently offered can be a first-choice solution for use over a wide range of process-control conditions.
Key insights:
- Achieving and maintaining consistent, reliable and accurate flow measurement is of vital importance in life science and biopharma applications, whilst operational variables must be controlled before the required level of flow-measurement accuracy can be achieved.
- Cavitation is an issue in the transfer of cells in a liquid, the operator must stop and restart the pump to make sure all vapour bubbles have been evacuated from the line.
- A compatible digital signal can also read the flow-measurement values instantaneously, which enables a quicker response to any operational problems or anomalies that might occur while also lessening the risk of human error.
In each and every life-saving or life-sustaining medical application, it is imperative that the safety, quality and reliability of flow-measurement functions are not compromised. This makes the early detection and prompt resolution of any flow-measurement difficulties or abnormalities – such as inadequate blood flow, changes in flow rate or the presence of air in the transfer lines – that may occur during a critical medical procedure vitally important.