Millipore's Scepter automated hand-held cell counter has been selected as the winner in the particle and moisture-analyser category of Laboratory Equipment Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.
The celebrates 'excellence in product design and performance for the tools and materials used by scientists and engineers in research laboratories'.
Scepter miniaturises Coulter cell-counting technology found in much larger instruments into a portable device the size of an automated pipette.
The instrument contains sophisticated electronics for cell sensing, signal processing and data storage.
A graphical display reports the cell count and average cell volume within 20sec of inserting the tip into a cell-culture sample.
