Description
With the Tomtec Cell Harvester 96, microplates or microtunes contents can be transferred via a unique and controlled aqueous wash cycle, designed to gently suspend adherent biologics. Each of the 96 wells is individually processed by a unique flow tip design, which washes the well wall from the top down while regulating the levels. The suspended material is aspirated from the bottom f the well and drawn directly into the sterile glass fibre filter mat, which is pressure sealed between a double “O” ring arrangement. Biologics collected onto targets on an 8 x 12 grid with 9mm centres, making them quantifiable by a wide range of measuring instruments, such as a scintillation counter.
We offer two versions of Cell Harvester 96. The manual system is equipped with a simple push-and-hold control interface. The fully automated version can be programmed with up to 16 unique procedures.
Both versions are based on the same core industrial design.
This manual version is simple to use and maintain. It is equipped with a single reagent line (input) and a vacuum line (waste output). It comes with a nine (9) litre reagent bottle along with an 11.5 litre high-level float-controlled vacuum Autotrap (to collect hot or cold waste). There is a simple four-command hold interface for (1) Pulse-Wash, (2) Continuous-wash, (3) Continuous aspirate and (4) Continuous Wash & Aspirate.
The automated version is equipped with dual nine (9) litre buffer inputs that are flow controlled (i.e., buffer1 and buffer2). If desired, the waste may be sent to one of two separate Autotraps with high-level float control for HOT or COLD waste containment. The embedded microcontroller can be programmed via the moisture-resistant membrane touch keypad with up to 16 unique workflows, which can be saved and recalled on demand from nonvolatile memory.
Sepcifications
Harvester96
Manual
Bench footprint 12″ wide x 24″ deep
Height Closed 16″ / open 22″
Weight 50 IB
Power 120w/240w
Vacuum Connections 1
Reagent Connections 1
Reagent bottles:
Manual:
one nine (9) litre bottle with a thread on the feed, up to 4 reservoirs
cap pressure connection (5 PSI)
Automatic:
Two Nine (9) litre bottles with a Thread on the feed
Cap pressure connection (5 PSI)
Vaccum Autotraps
Manual:
One 11.5-litre trap with gauge and high level
Float Control
Automatic:
Two 11.5 Litre traps, gauge and high-level float
Control
Applications
- Cell proliferation assays, including titrated thymidine uptake assays
- Cyototoicity assays
- Receptor binding assays
- Nucleic acid degradation
- Trichloroacetic acid preparations
- Cell wash station for adherent cell assays
- Can be configured for either filter mat assays or filter plate assays
