Visual Patching & Imaging Chamber

Visual Patching & Imaging Chamber

The Chamber

• Just put it on the microscope stage, plug in the controller, connect the tubing and switch it on

• Objective lens heater plugs into controller to provide unobtrusive control of the environment above the chamber

• Low profile for easy access of electrodes under the heated objective lens when mounted on upright microscopes.

• No electromagnetic noise emission from the DC power source.

• Annular ring adapter to fit all types of upright and inverted microscopes

• Adapts to 22mm coverslip or 35mm petri dish

• Laminar flow of fluids across the centre of the chamber

• Chambers are coated  with chemically inert p.t.f.e. (Teflon®) to avoid adhesion of drugs.

• Gas inlet through heat exchanger into chamber for hypoxia studies, hydrophobic p.t.f.e. resists flooding into gas inlets.

• Unique design of suction capillary ensures a steady state of flow and a mill pond smooth surface in a shallow pool of 1mm depth.

• Ag/AgCl reference wire is simply placed within the chamber

• Vented lid seals the chamber for hypoxia studies

The Temperature Controller

• Predictive algorithms [proportional integral derivative] gives very close control of temperature to +/- 0.1 Celsius

• Configurable alarms for temperature envelopes

• No electromagnetic noise emission from the DC power source.

• Includes objective lens heater

• Temperature feedback from 2 thermistor probes, one can be placed in the chamber to check temperature, the other is permanently embedded with the perfusate tubes in the body of the chamber.

• Digital and analogue data outputs are available.