Dolomite has brought out the Mitos Syringe Pump, an intelligent pump system that enables the future development of complex and powerful microfluidic systems.
Microfluidics, a technology also known as lab-on-a-chip, is a field of science and engineering that enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument manufacturers to develop smaller, more cost-effective and more powerful systems.
With this technology, entire complex chemical management and analysis systems are created in a microfluidic chip and interfaced with, for example, electronic and optical detection systems.
Lab-on-a-chip technology is impacting a range of application areas, such as accelerating drug discovery, providing better point of care systems and enabling more responsive and portable environmental testing systems to be realised.
Key to the design of the pump is the ability to program two six-port valves and two syringes to operate in many configurations, offering a range of fluid delivery capabilities.
Programmed using the simple twist-and-click control knob on the front panel, or via a PC, the Mitos Syringe Pump can dispense fluid by volume or flow rate over a time period.
Alternatively, the user can choose to create an advanced flow profile.
Offering a flow-rate capability of between 0.5ul/min to 10ml/min, the Mitos Syringe Pump can address many requirements demanded by microfluidic systems.
Dr Gillian Davis, regional sales manager at Dolomite, said: 'The pump can deliver up to 10 different fluids sequentially to one input channel of a chip, or the same fluid sequentially to 10 different input channels or provide just one continuous smooth flow of fluid.'
