The "cell bank" in the 5G era has formed a rigorous and precise full-process automation system, which can be traced from collection and preparation to storage. Photo by Zhang Hengwei
April 27 (Xinhua) -- In Pudong, Shanghai, with the help of 5G networks, unattended, fully automated "cell banks" are becoming possible.
On the 27th, the reporter visited the "Original Cell Bank" located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Science City, in the 5G cell bank, the cells are stored in the low temperature equipment of minus 196 degrees Celsius " steady", and samples can be urgently transferred in the event of emergencies.
The stored samples are housed in a "honeycomb single room", which is automatically filled with liquid nitrogen, and the tube is automatically and accurately positioned under vacuum negative pressure. Photo by Zhang Hengwei
According to reports, in order to achieve fully automatic unattended, 5G has achieved full coverage in the building, and after the robot accepts the command, from transmitting window samples to extracting frozen cells from the honeycomb-type independent unit storage box, every action is accurate.
Shanghai Telecom Pudong Bureau relevant person in charge of Lu Ying introduced that the cell bank such indoor 5G coverage is more difficult, Telecom according to the special needs of the cell bank for its customized indoor coverage program, the entire cell bank has about 20 or 30 5G indoor stations, basically can meet the use of the original cell bank needs.
The cell bank is equipped with self-developed automated storage equipment and AGV robots, and operates and maintains through China Telecom's 5G edge computing automatic scheduling system. Photo by Zhang Hengwei
Founded in July 2014, Protony Cell Technology Group aims to build a "cell bank" with a sophisticated full-process automation system through two routes of cell biological cryogenic equipment and cell medicine technology.
Wei Jia, vice president and marketing director of Yuanneng Cell Technology Group Co., Ltd., introduced that the storage requirements of cells are particularly high, and it is necessary to maintain a constant low temperature, "How can it be monitored and traceable, how to record a large amount of information, and what to do if there is an abnormal situation?" The original storage method was manual, and if it was not controlled as expected, the sample was at risk of being scrapped. ”
Relying on the 5G SA network architecture, the cell bank realizes the interconnection and interoperability of different automation devices and various robots through 5G-IoT. Photo by Zhang Hengwei
Wei Jia introduced that compared with ordinary manual storage, automated storage has the advantages of avoiding repeated freeze-thaw, ensuring cell activity, and ensuring the high efficiency of retrieval and extraction of information management.
She said that in the future, Haraeng wants to be a network of cell banks, to control real-time information at each point, "5G can connect each point, transmit the real-time operation of each device to the back end, and empower this network." ”
Progeny Cells and Shanghai Telecom joined hands to create the country's first unattended fully automatic 5G cell demonstration library.
The original energy cell bank adopts the fully automatic cell storage equipment independently developed by the original energy, and the supporting intelligent products, relying on the leading 5G SA network architecture, through 5G-IoT to realize the interconnection and interoperability of different automation equipment and various types of robots. The remote O&M platform realizes the automatic equipment management of remote libraries in various places and realizes remote O&M of remote libraries. At the same time, artificial intelligence, VR/AR, digital twins, edge computing and other technologies are used to perceive and predict equipment failure information in advance, so as to ensure highly reliable operation of equipment. Through the use of these technologies to ensure the cold chain, unattended and intelligent operation of cell samples throughout the whole process, the quality and safety of samples are effectively improved.
The reporter visited the first 10 million-level deep and low temperature sample storage cell bank in China. Photo by Zhang Hengwei
With the development of biomedical technology, storing healthy cells for the treatment of diseases is becoming a development trend, and with the development of medical technology and 5G network technology, the road to cell storage and "preservation" is more open. (End)
Source: China News Network