Prior Scientific has introduced the Proscan HTHE2 incubated scanning stage system for live cell microscopy.
Working in collaboration with Tokai Hit, Prior can now offer a motorised scanning stage to incubate an entire multi-well plate, with the complete surface of the well plate constantly held at the required temperature.
The Proscan HTHE2 is designed for a range of research level inverted microscopes and provides the levels of performance normally expected of a Prior stage, including sub-micron repeatability.
A range of different specimen holders are available, if the cells are in Petri dishes or chamber slides rather than a multi-well plate.
The whole system can be quickly mounted to the microscope.
The system reaches temperature in a matter of minutes and the long-term stability has been optimised for time lapse experiments.
The upper surface of the incubator is also heated to eliminate condensation, which means that the illumination of the specimen and the image quality are not compromised.
As with all Prior incubation systems, an objective heater is included as standard to ensure the best possible temperature stability by minimising temperature gradients.
The system can be fed with pre-mixed or digitally-mixed gases to control the environmental conditions for the experiment and optimise the longevity of the cells under examination.
