Automated microfluidic system for live-cell imaging (61 pages)
Summary of Contents for FLUXION IsoFlux
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IsoFlux™
S ystem
User’s
G uide
Doc.
N o.
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Fluxion
o ffers
t echnical
s upport
f or
t he
I soFlux
S ystem
b y
p hone,
e mail,
a nd
t hrough
s ervice
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The
T echnical
C onstruction
F ile
r equired
b y
t his
D irective
i s
m aintained
a t
t he
c orporate
h eadquarters
o f
Fluxion
B iosciences,
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1. SAFETY
A ND
S ITE
R EQUIREMENTS
1.1. Safety
c onsiderations
The
f ollowing
s ymbols
a re
u sed
i n
t he
m anual:
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1.2. Power
r equirements
The
i nstrument
i s
p owered
u sing
t he
i ncluded
p ower
c ord.
V erify
t hat
t he
s upplied
c ord
i s
c orrect
f or
t he
...
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S ystem
2. INSTRUMENT
I NSTALLATION
To
i nstall
t he
s ystem,
f ollow
t hese
s teps
i n
o rder:
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Fluxion
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IsoFlux™
S ystem
Check
t he
c ontents
a gainst
t he
p arts
l ist
i n
t able
t o
c onfirm
t hat
a ll
i tems
a re
i ncluded.
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Fluxion
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2.3. IsoFlux
S ystem
c omponents
Touchscreen
d isplay
Control
p anel:
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Fluxion
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2.4.
P ower
s ystem
o n
a nd
i nitiate
s tart-‐up
s equence
1. Turn
P ower
s witch
o n
b ack
o f
u nit
t o
O n
p osition
( top
o f
s witched,
m arked
‘ I’,
d epressed).
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3. USER
I NTERFACE
O VERVIEW
3.1.
T ouchscreen
l ayout
Global
N avigation
b uttons
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S ystem
3.2. Protocol
S election
S creen
The
p rotocol
s creen
a llows
t he
u ser
t o
s elect
a ny
o f
t he
a vailable
i solation
p rotocols
t hat
h ave
b een
...
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IsoFlux™
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3.3. Settings
Turn
a udible
b utton
p ress
a lerts
o n/off
Export
a ll
l ogged
r uns
a nd
e vents
t o
U SB
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Fluxion
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IsoFlux™
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If
a
m echanical
e rror
o ccurs
a t
a ny
t ime
d uring
a
r un,
y ou
w ill
s ee
a
m essage
i ndicating
a
m echanical
e rror
...
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IsoFlux™
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Acknowledge
t he
m essage
b y
p ressing
O K,
a nd
t he
s ystem
w ill
a ttempt
t o
r estart
a nd
c lear
a ny
e rrors.
A ny
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3.6. Error
S creens
The
I soFlux
s ystem
m onitors
n umerous
p arameters
d uring
a
r un.
I f
a n
e rror
i s
d etected
t he
s creen
w ill
...
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IsoFlux™
S ystem
4. RUNNING
E XPERIMENTS
A
g eneral
o utline
i s
p rovided
h ere
f or
a
t ypical
I soFlux
a ssay.
D etailed
i nstructions
f or
s ample
c ollection,
...
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4.2. Prime
t he
c artridges
Pressing
R un
P rotocol
w ill
d isplay
t he
s ample
s election
s creen.
C hoose
t he
a ppropriate
n umber
o f
s amples
...
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Fluxion
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S ystem
Load
t he
c artridges
w ith
b uffer
a s
i nstructed
i n
t he
i nformation
b ar
a nd
p ress
“ PRIME”
w hen
c omplete.
F or
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Fluxion
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If
a ny
c artridges
d id
n ot
p rime
p roperly,
t hey
w ill
b e
d isplayed
w ith
a n
‘ X’
a cross
t he
s ample
a s
s hown
...
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4.4.
R emove
c artridge
a fter
s ample
h as
b een
p rocessed
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Fluxion
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S ystem
Do
n ot
p ress
‘ EXTRACT
S AMPLES’
u nless
y ou
a re
r eady
f or
t he
n ext
s tep
i n
t he
a ssay
o r
a re
r eady
t o
s tore
...
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5. CLEANING
A ND
M AINTENANCE
Inspect
t he
i nstrument,
i ncluding
t he
t rays
a nd
d rip
p an
b eneath
i t,
o n
a
d aily
b asis.
T o
i nspect
t he
d rip
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w arrants
I soFlux
i nstruments
a gainst
d efects
i n
m aterials
a nd
w orkmanship
f or
a
period
o f
o ne
y ear
f rom
d ate
o f
a rrival
t o
t he
c ustomer.
D uring
t he
w arranty
p eriod,
F luxion
w ill,
a t
i ts
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