Applied Biophysics ECIS Real Time
Cell Growth Monitoring
Models 1600F and 800F (Flow)
The ECIS 1600F™ and 800F™
instruments are designed specifically for researchers who wish to employ
ECIS impedance measurements to study the behaviour of cells under flow
conditions. These instrument packages are turn-key systems with
user-friendly software integrating ECIS measurements with flow control. The
standard ECIS flow arrays are used with the system providing eight
independent measuring electrodes on the floor of a channel 0.5 cm wide and 5
cm long with a height of 400 micrometers. Flow can be programmed from slow
rates to perfuse the cells with medium to high rates yielding shear stress
similar to that experienced by endothelial cells in vivo. The flow
programming also includes the ability to generate pulsed flows of different
periods and with varying flow rates.
A peristaltic pump included with the system is designed for operation in the
high humidity of the tissue culture incubator. This pump communicates with
the system via a serial cable to the back of the ECIS controller. In
addition to the ECIS electronics, peristaltic pump and software, the system
includes all tubing, medium reservoir, flow equalizer, array holder and a
starting supply of the flow arrays. All of the ECIS flow systems can be
ordered with the optional elevated field module for electroporation studies
or cell migration measurements via automated wound-healing assays.
Like our other research instruments, the package includes either a notebook
PC or a desktop PC.
Note:
the flow system is also available as an option with the 1600R system
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