Ibidi and Nanion enter into a cooperation for the development of a pumping system for perfusion systems to pump media-suspended cells circularly with minimal mechanical stress
Ibidi and Nanion have reached an agreement to develop a new pumping system that will pump cells suspended in media with minimal mechanical stress.
In combination with the Ibidi perfusion chambers, known as u-Slides, such a pump should allow perfusion systems to be run in an incubator over a long time.
Up to now, the company says, the cells are pumped in a closed circuit with the help of a peristaltic pump to minimise the amount of suspended cells.
This type of pump has the disadvantage of squeezing the cells in the tubes, which might induce unwanted cell activation.
The new pumping system, however, should extensively reduce the mechanical stress for the cells, thus preventing unwanted cell activation.
u-Slides allow cell culturing and high resolution microscopy with one and the same slide.
In perfusion experiments on u-Slides, the interaction of substances with cells and between cells under semi-natural flow conditions can be observed.
Recently, the company launched the ibiTreat surface for u-Slides, which improves cell adhesion and simplifies microscopy of living and fixed cells.
