The machine will become available in summer 2015 and is based on developments of Lymphotec Co., Tokyo, which has been promoting the development of an automatic cultivation system of lymphocytes. The fully-closed bag-type GMP system is based on an algorithm which observes development of the cells by a camera using several indicators.
Nikkei Biotech news release, Feb. 7, 2015; Toyo Seikan website news
Toyo Seikan announces “autonomous cell culture machine”