The CPWS is an alternative to a traditional cleanroom, providing a grade A or Class 100 aseptic environment in a compact unit, and saving approximately 35% of the operating costs usually required for a conventional cleanroom, the company says.
The self-contained workstation has a small footprint and is quick and easy to install. It includes cGMP compliant equipment for aseptic processing and is user-friendly in operation.
Current and future applications of the CPWS include regenerative organ development, and tissue regeneration such as skin, cartilage, alveolar bone, cornea, cardiac muscle, nerve, liver and pancreas.
“The CPWS provides a practical solution for biotech and pharmaceutical customers to manufacture advanced cell therapies and hospitals to develop cell therapies for use in clinical trials,” said Ron Dudek, new business development manager at Sanyo.
Individual docking incubators reduce both product mix-up and cross-contamination, the company says. An optional built-in centrifuge and cell observation microscope/monitor further reduce laboratory space requirements as well as improving aseptic processing.
By using an H2O2 decontamination process, the CPWS can be completely sterilised without heat and prepared for the next protocol within two hours.
The four-port glove box delivers more than a conventional Class II, Type A2 biological safety cabinet typically installed within a cleanroom to achieve the same level of contamination or cross-contamination prevention, the company says.
Gowning is not required, improving user comfort and productivity upon entrance and exit from the aseptic environment.
