Bioptechs FCS3 Closed Chamber System for Upright Microscopes

The FCS3 is a flow cell or flow chamber that is designed specifically for the demands of today's live-cell imaging requirements for upright microscopes. It has limitless flow characteristics because its flow geometry can easily be customized by the user. It can provide low shear near laminar flow as well as high shear narrow directed flow and anything in between. The most important feature of the FCS3, other than unequalled temperature uniformity, is that there is a precise directed flow of media over the cells. Open dish type chambers do not provide the flow capabilities of the FCS3. The FCS3 provides an optical imaging cavity where the user can precisely define the optimum flow characteristics necessary for the experiment.

Bioptechs FCS2 Closed Chamber System for Inverted Microscopes

The FCS2 is a flow cell or flow chamber that is designed specifically for the demands of today's live-cell imaging requirements. It has limitless flow characteristics because its flow geometry can easily be customized by the user. It can provide low shear near laminar flow as well as high shear narrow directed flow and anything in between. The most important feature of the FCS2, other than unequalled temperature uniformity, is that there is a precise directed flow of media over the cells. Open dish type chambers do not provide the flow capabilities of the FCS2. The FCS2 provides an optical imaging cavity where the user can precisely define the optimum flow characteristics necessary for the experiment.

Bioptechs CFS2 Closed Chamber System for Inverted Microscopes

Cells are plated on a 40mm coverslip and placed into a special FCS2 chamber. This provides a perfuseable laminar flow optical chamber with user modifiable flow characteristics. The upper glass element (Microaqueduct slide) is then used to remove heat from the specimen cavity to be absorbed in the cooled fluid being circulated in the cavity formed by the addition of an O-ring sealed window adapter. Gravity or an electric pump is then used to create a flow of chilled fluid through the heat exchange cavity in the chamber. The cells remain safely enclosed in a separate optical enclosure. If more thermal transfer is necessary, tubing can be installed into the FCS2 base.