World's first iPad application for online bioreactor control

Published: 5-Apr-2010

DASGIP expands remote control suite with specially developed iPad application

To coincide with the launch of the iPad, DASGIP has expanded its remote control suite for online bioreactor control with the introduction of its especially developed iPad application. The German provider of parallel benchtop bioreactor systems is now giving users of its technology online access to their bioprocesses via the iPad.

The DASGIP iApp is one of the few industrial applications to be premiered during the grand opening of the iPad on the App Store. In contrast to other adapted iPhone applications, the DASGIP iApp is a universal application that is optimally designed for the iPad medium.

'The Apple iPad, with its large touch screen and wide selection of display views, offers an outstanding platform for visualising the processes that we monitor and control with our bioreactor systems,’ says Dr Matthias Arnold, DASGIP chief scientific officer. ‘By combining our hardware and software with the iPad, we are establishing milestones with respect to the user-friendliness and visualisation of biotechnology processes.’

The DASGIP iApp for the iPad allows users to monitor and control all relevant process values in up to 16 parallel reactors at different locations around the world in online mode. Users can enjoy a wide range of display options using different windows, zoom and rotation functions, all of which can be intuitively managed.


In the trend chart for instance, users can glance at the reference and process values as well as the control profile. They can also use the graphic timeline to browse around between historical and real-time process variable data in a stepless manner. Compared with pure web-based bioreactor monitoring, the iPad lets users manage their bioreactor systems with unsurpassed speed and ease.

The universal DASGIP iApp supports parallel remote access to globally-distributed bioreactor systems with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Data security is ensured by utilizing VPN connectivity.

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