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Microbiology sample preparation-Single solution
A. Colony Counters
Performance and traceability of analyses
Colony counting can be tedious and time-consuming. Scan automatic colony counters provide efficient, complete and accurate colony counting. Traceability of the results is guaranteed.
1. Scan®100 Manual Colony Counter
Scan® 100 is a manual colony counter equipped with a LED lighting system and an ergonomic hand rest. The Dark Field technology provides indirect, accurate and contrasted lighting of the colonies. Its USB port ensures traceability by exporting the results without prior software installation and with an error-free export.
Key features:
- Adjustable sensitivity of touch surface
- For all culture media: Petri dishes (ø 55, 65, 90, 150 mm), PetrifilmTM, Compact DryTM.
- Counting: from 0 to 1999 CFU
- USB port: easy data transfer via any software (PC/Mac)
- Dark Field technology for a contrasted view of the colonies
- Adjustable counting beeps: 4 sound levels
- White LED lighting with adjustable LED intensity
2. Scan® 300 Automatic Colony Counter
Scan ®300 is an automatic colony counter that includes the essential features for Petri dish counting. It is specifically adapted to the usual media in food microbiology: PCA, MRS...
Features:-
- CMOS color camera, zoom x28, M12 lens, 1 megapixel resolution
- Minimum size of detected colony: 0.1 mm
- Creation of polygonal exclusion zones
- Counting on round Petri dishes of Ø 55 - 90 mm
- Software in French, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German
- Counting on pour, surface, Spiral, circle mode plated dishes
3. Scan® 500 Automatic Colony Counter
Scan® 500 is an automatic color colony counter providing quick and effi cient counting of the colonies on the most common supports. Scan® 500 guarantees an excellent reproducibility and the automatic saving of images and results.
Key features:
- CMOS color camera, zoom x28, M12 lens, 1 megapixel resolution
- Minimum size of detected colony: 0.1 mm
- Automatic separation of clustered colonies
- Creation of polygonal exclusion zones
- Long lasting LED lighting
- Export of data to printed report, Excel™, PDF, jpg, png, bmp, xls, recountable session
- Software in French, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German
- Inhibition zone reading with EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and editable database
- Detects and counts up to 7 colors on the same dish
4. Scan® 1200 HD Automatic Colony Counter
Scan® 1200, high resolution automatic color colony counter, enables an adaptability to all media in labs and a great user comfort with high accuracy, an excellent reproducibility and automatic saving of images and results.
Key features:
- Automatic separation of clustered colonies
- Creation of polygonal exclusion zones
- Export of data to printed report, Excel™, PDF, jpg, png, bmp, xls, recountable session
- Software in French, English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German
- Compatible with dataLinkTM traceability system
- Inhibition zone reading with EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and editable database
- Integrated CFR21 part 11: encrypted audit trail, 3 user levels
- Detects and counts up to 7 colors on the same dish + 1 color to exclude
- Minimum size of detected colony: 0.05 mm
- HD color CCD camera, zoom x28, HD japanese lens, 1.2 megapixel resolution
5. Scan® 4000 Ultra -HD Automatic Colony Counter
Scan® 4000 is an ultra HD automatic colony counter and inhibition zone reader. Adapted to all sizes of Petri dishes and media, its lighting system guarantees a great user comfort, high accuracy and excellent reproducibility. Scan 4000 is also an inhibition zone reader.
Key features:
- Minimum size of detected colony: 0.05 mm
- Camera: 5 megapixels - zoom x 69
- Counting on Ø 55 to 150 mm round Petri dishes and 120 mm square Petri dishes
- Counting on pour, surface, Spiral, circle mode plated dishes
- Counting on chromogenic agar, PetriFilmTM, MC-media PadsTM, Compact DryTM, Easy PlateTM, filtration membranes
- Inhibition zone reading with EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and editable database
B. Inhibition zone reader
1. Scan® 500 Inhibition zone reader
Scan® 500 is an inhibition zone reader. It has been designed for the pharmaceutical industries, medical research and animal health. Scan 500 also counts colonies on Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Inhibition zone measurement accuracy: ± 0,3 mm
- Fast: up to 7 inhibition zones in 1 click
- Protocols: wells, peni-cylinders, paper disks
- Interpretation systems: EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and customizable
- Automatic colony counting
2. Scan® 1200 Inhibition zone reader
Scan® 1200 is an inhibition zone reader. It has been designed for the pharmaceutical industry, medical research and animal health. Scan 1200 also counts colonies on Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Inhibition zone measurement accuracy: ± 0.3 mm
- Quick: up to 7 inhibition zones in 1 click
- Protocols: wells, peni-cylinders, paper disks
- Interpretation systems: EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and customizable
- Automatic colony counting
3. Scan® 4000 Inhibition zone reader
Scan® 4000 is an ultra HD inhibition zone reader. It has been designed for the pharmaceutical industries, medical research and animal health. It reads 120 mm square dishes 120 mm and round dishes up to 150 mm. Scan 4000 also counts colonies on Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Inhibition zone measurement accuracy: ± 0.2 mm
- Fast: up to 16 inhibition zones in 2 to 4 seconds
- Protocols: wells, peni-cylinders, paper disks
- Interpretation systems: EUCAST, CA-SFM, CLSI and customizable
- Automatic colony counting
C. Gravimetric Dilutors Dilu Flow Elite
1. DiluFlow Elite 5 kg – Full traceability
The DiluFlow Elite automatically dilutes a solid sample in seconds, with the appropriate weight of diluent, up to a total weight of 5 kg. Its full traceability enables the recording of all operations. It is programmable and connectable for up to 6 diluents and offers the best solution to dilute any type of sample.
Key features:
- 225 mL in 8 seconds
- Dilution factor: 1/2 to 1/1000, customizable fractions
- Dilution accuracy: > 99 %
- Max weight: 5000 g
- Max number of pumps: 2 integrated + 4 external
2. DiluFlow Elite 1 kg - Designed for pharmaceutics and cosmetics
The DiluFlow Elite automatically dilutes a solid sample in seconds, with the appropriate weight of diluent, up to a total weight of 1000 g. It offers the best solution to prepare your samples in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, as well as animal health. Its full traceability enables the recording of all operations.
Key features:
- 225 mL in 8 seconds
- Dilution factor: 1/2 to 1/1000, customizable fractions
- Dilution accuracy: > 99%
- Max weight: 1000 g
- Max number of pumps: 2 integrated + 4 external
D. Bag Mixers JumboMix® 3500
The JumboMix® 3500 W CC efficiently blends any type of sample, up to 400 g, for optimal bacterial extraction. It comes with a window door and a patented system of adjustable paddles to adapt itself to any sample. The JumboMix 3500 W CC is ideal for sample pooling.
Key features:
- Optimal blending volume: 200 - 3750 mL
- Variable speed: 1.5 - 3 - 4.5 - 6 strokes / second
- Q-Tight® closing
- Variable blending time: 1 second - 1 hour or ∞ / count-down
- Side-by-side paddle stop
E. FlexiPump® - Dispensing pumps for culture media preparation
FlexiPump is a peristaltic pump with enhanced accuracy for the dispensing of culture media, agar and any type of diluent. Compact and ergonomic, it comes with a user-friendly interface.
Key features:
- Single pump head with 3 rollers
- Dispensing mode: Continuous - Dose - Multi-dose
- Dose volume: from 50 µL to 99.9 L
- Flow rate: up to 1.25 L/mn
F. easySpiral® Dilute – Automatic platters
easySpiral Dilute® is a 2-in-1 equipment: automatic diluter and plater. It allows you to do 5 x serial 1/10 dilutions and automatic plating on 1 single Petri dish, with a countable range from 30 to 1x1012 CFU/mL.
Key features:
- Controlled by microprocessor
- Petri dish diameter: 55 mm, 90 mm and 150 mm
- Syringe capacity: 1000 μL
- Programmable dispensed volume: from 10 μL to 1000 μL
- Preset volume dispensed: 50 μL, 100 μL and 200 μL
- Counting range: from 30 to 1x1012 CFU/mL
- Plating modes: exponential, constant, circle, pour plate
- Plating cycle time: 134 seconds
- Successive plating capacity with the same sample: 20 Petri dishes (50 μL)
G. Scan Stations
1. Scan Station®100
ScanStation® 100 is a unit centralizing incubation, detection and counting of Petri dishes. Colonies are detected & counted as soon as they appear. Follow the growth curve of the colonies. ScanStation 100 can accommodate up to 100 Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Capacity: up to 100 Petri dishes
- Counting on pour plate, surface, Spiral, filtration membranes
- Petri dish sizes: Ø 55 to 65 mm, Ø 90 mm
- Accuracy of incubation temperature: ± 1°C
- Reading time in between each dish: 30 min or 1 h
2. Scan Station®200
ScanStation® 200 is a unit centralizing incubation, detection and counting of Petri dishes. Colonies are detected & counted as soon as they appear, from the beginning of the incubation. Follow the growth curve of the colonies. ScanStation 200 can accommodate up to 200 Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Capacity: up to 200 Petri dishes
- Counting on pour plate, surface, Spiral, filtration membranes
- Petri dish sizes: Ø 55 to 65 mm, Ø 90 mm
- Accuracy of incubation temperature: ± 1°C
- Reading time in between each dish: 30 min or 1 h
3. Scan Station®300
ScanStation® 300 is a device centralizing incubation, detection and counting of Petri dishes. Colonies are detected & counted as soon as they appear. Follow the growth curve of the colonies. ScanStation 300 can accommodate up to 300 Petri dishes.
Key features:
- Capacity: up to 300 Petri dishes
- Counting on pour plate, surface, Spiral, filtration membranes
- Petri dish sizes: Ø 55 to 65 mm, Ø 90 mm
- Telecentric lens
- Reading time in between each dish: 1 hour