Tecan has developed the Hydrospeed plate washer, an advanced system for optimised washing of cells, beads and Elisas in 96- and 384-well formats.
It offers full control over critical wash parameters via an intuitive touch-screen interface, with extra-gentle drop-wise dispending and tunable aspiration settings to help avoid loss of material and maximise assay efficiency.
The Hydrospeed features advanced cell protection settings for washing of adherent and loosely adherent cells, allowing the user to dial-in extra-gentle wash parameters to suit their cells, microplates and application.
The system's anti-clogging function is said to take the hassle out of Elisa washing by automatically rinsing and soaking the wash head when the system is idle between runs.
The instrument's Easy X-change system allows rapid removal and replacement of wash heads for intense ultrasonic cleaning.
The Hydrospeed design features two magnets per well for high-performance magnetic bead washing, offering fast bead settling and good recovery rates, and can also be equipped with a vacuum filtration module for processing of non-magnetic beads.
The Hydrospeed can be used in conjunction with Tecan's Connect plate stacker for greater throughput efficiency, allowing semi-automated processing of up to 50 plates, or integrated into a Freedom Evo liquid-handling platform to offer fully automated processing for cell-, bead- and Elisa-based assay workflows.
