Nanion has announced the late-stage development of an automated patch clamp platform, the Syncropatch 96.
The Syncropatch 96 was developed to offer a high throughput for high-quality HTS-oriented ion channel screening.
Following the introduction of two automated patch clamp devices, the Port-a-Patch (2004) and the Patchliner (2006), Nanion has now introduced the Syncropatch 96.
Nanion's Patchliner and Port-a-Patch platforms are used in academic and industrial settings and have received positive feedback.
The Syncropatch 96 increases throughput while reducing the cost-per-data point to a level compatible with industrial ion channel screening requirements.
It acquires simultaneous recordings from 96 individual cells in a well-plate format and allows for screening of both ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels.
The platform supports giga-seal recordings, continuous recording during compound application and addition of multiple compounds to each of the 96 cells.
The Syncropatch 96 will be launched in 2009.
