The Moflo Astrios next-generation cell sorter from Beckman Coulter enables complex, multi-colour sorting through seven pinholes that spatially separate each of the seven lasers.
The cell sorter utilises the stable fluidic design of the original Moflo and the electronic processing of the Moflo XDP, while expanding sorting capabilities with an array of laser options.
A range of software components also enhances instrument functionality.
Auto start-up allows the researcher to define when lasers and fluidics turn on.
The multi-fibre beam-shaping optic creates flat-top beam profiles, providing short alignment times and high-level optic stability.
Two stages control the alignment for all seven lasers to simplify sorter preparation.
Beckman Coulter's Intellisort II is a bead-less drop delay determination and monitoring system.
Camera images and algorithms determine optimal drop delay without fluorescent beads being incorporated in the sample line.
A quick-release nozzle design enables easy removal or swapping of the nozzle body and tip through the use of a single lever.
The auto-quality control allows system performance to be tracked and trended across 32 available parameters, while the updated Summit Software permits six-way sorting into tubes and sorting into plates with as many as 1,536 wells.
Index-sorting logic tracks each plate-sorted cell back to its histogram or scatter plot.
A touch-screen control panel facilitates daily set-up with operations designed around core laboratory workflow.
Biosafety features are also prominent on the system.
The Aerosol Evacuation System (AES) filters particles from all chambers where aerosols have the potential of being generated.
A fully sealed sort-chamber housing on the redesigned R-Theta Cyclone arm facilitates aerosol evacuation capabilities, which are tested to current ISAC guidelines.
A Custom Biosafety Level II option provides a cabinet tested to NSF-49 International Standards with the Moflo Astrios inside.
