title: From concept to market in industrial impedance applications.
abstract: This paper discusses some of the technical aspects of converting a laboratory idea into a commercial product. The example used is the development of the Aber Instruments Biomass Monitor, which is now used worldwide in industry for the pitching of yeast in breweries and for biomass measurements in the pharmaceutical industry. Although the issues raised will relate to instrumentation in a production environment, many of the themes will be equally applicable to medical instruments.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D003132:Commerce; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004566:Electrodes; D005285:Fermentation; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000378:metabolism