RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.& SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004--Tecan US, a leader in the Life Sciences supply industry, today introduced Cellerity, a fully automated high-throughput cell and protein production system for cell culture maintenance, cell-line expansion and harvesting. Cellerity is based on Tecan’s successful next-generation Freedom EVO robotic liquid handling platform, and offers a high-throughput solution for achieving a timely, reliable and consistent supply of cells for cell-based assays, helping to overcome a significant, industry-wide bottleneck.
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Carl Severinghaus, President, Tecan US remarks, “Our launch of Cellerity today at this pre-eminent industry meeting further underscores our commitment to keeping a steady flow of innovative, next-generation automated liquid handling system options available for today’s fast-paced laboratory environment.” He further adds, “Through product demonstrations of Cellerity at Lab Automation 2004 exhibit-goers will see first-hand a unique, time-saving protein production system they can introduce to their laboratories.”
Some of the features of Cellerity include a high speed AutoLoader(TM) for presentation of new flasks and culture plates and a flexible 8-tip liquid handling arm (Advanced LiHa) for media delivery to and from any vessel. The system also contains a 9-position, 96 or 384 channel multi-pipetting option (TeMo) with an integrated de-lidding station for rapid replating of harvested cells, refrigerated media storage and in-line media warming for dispensing up to 8 different reagents. In addition, the system’s fully integrated cell counting module facilitates replating and seeding activities. Twin RoMa (robotic manipulator) arms facilitate the transport of plates and flasks throughout the workspace, providing direct access to all pipetting stations, cell counters, incubators, storage devices and other modules.
In addition to Cellerity’s innovative hardware configuration, the system has new control software that combines a user-friendly GUI-based instrument interface for scheduling of complex tasks such as culturing multiple cell line. Cellerity may also be integrated with optional Tecan devices such as the new Safire2 and GENios Pro microplate readers, Tecan plate washers, or third party peripherals such as sonicators, centrifuges and thermal cyclers.
Cellerity is fully enclosed in a CleanBench-level laminar flow hood, and uses an airlock for interfacing to a high capacity (up to 1000 flasks/plates) CO2 storage and retrieval system. Contamination-free processing with complete control over environmental conditions helps Cellerity ensure optimal metabolic conditions for superior growth performance and consistency from passage to passage.
About Tecan
Tecan (www.tecan.com) is a leading player in the Life Sciences supply industry that specializes in the development, production, and distribution of solutions enabling the discovery of pharmaceutical substances, as well as for genomics, proteomics, and diagnostics. Tecan clients are leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments and diagnostic laboratories. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries. In 2002, Tecan achieved sales of CH 332.2 million (USD 212.9 million; EUR 226.0 million). Registered shares of Tecan Group are traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange (TK: TECN / Reuters: TECZn.S / Valor : 1210019).
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