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. 2022 Aug 31;8:100063. doi: 10.1016/j.bbiosy.2022.100063

Table 1.

Commercially available bioreactor systems for cell and tissue culture under fluid flow conditions. These table has a representation of different systems and is not exhaustive, with a wide range of different systems available for specific applications. ALI = Air-Liquid Interface, ECM = Extracellular Matrix.

Manufacturer System Bioreactor Type Set-up Volume per culture Basic Control Functions Cell location Refs.
Synthecon Rotary Cell Culture System Rotary Single, dual, or quad rotary vessels Customizable Rotation speed In suspension or on microcarriers [33]
CelVivo ClinoStar™ / ClinoReactor™ Rotary Six rotary vessels in a stand-alone incubator 10 mL Rotation Speed
Temperature
CO2 Level
In suspension or on microcarriers [30]
Reprocell Alvetex® Perfusion Plate Pumped Plate with 4 interconnected wells 10 mL Flow rate In scaffold, submerged or at ALI [34]
Kirkstall Quasi Vivo® Pumped / Microfluidic Single or multiple connected chambers 2 - 4 mL Flow rate In scaffold, submerged or at ALI, barrier model option [35]
ibidi Pump System Pumped / Microfluidic Microslides with chambers 60 µL Flow rate Channel surface [36]
Emulate Human Emulation System Pumped / Microfluidic Stretchable dual channel microchips with a porous membrane 15 - 35 µL Flow rate
Cyclic stretch
Porous membrane, channel surface [31]
ABLE® Biott® Magnetic Stir System Stirred Impeller stirred bioreactors 5 −100 mL Stir speed In suspension or on microcarriers [37]
Corning™ Spinner Flasks Stirred Impeller stirred bioreactors 125 mL – 36 L Stir speed In suspension or on microcarriers [38]
Mimetas OrganoFlow® / OrganoPlate® Rocked / Microfluidic Multichannel microchips with oscillatory perfusion 50 µL Rocker speed
Rocker angle
On channel surface,
on or in ECM
[39]