INTEGRA products speed up diagnostic testing and research

11 Oct 2020
Tom Casburn
Associate Editor

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INTEGRA Biosciences’ cost-effective liquid handling products are ideal for molecular diagnostics workflows, particularly during the COVID-19 crisis, making it easy for labs to scale up their testing capacities quickly and easily.

It is often assumed that high throughput can only be achieved with huge investment. This simply isn’t the case with INTEGRA’s affordable pipetting solutions, which can increase lab productivity and the reproducibility of results, without the need for large liquid handling platforms and at an affordable price.

INTEGRA instruments can easily be implemented into any lab’s workflow, meeting a wide range of throughput needs simply by replicating the workflow on multiple cost-effective workstations running in parallel. This provides scalability without complexity, and each workstation’s compact footprint ensures efficient use of lab space, as well as allowing them to easily fit in biosafety cabinets for safe handling of hazardous samples.

All INTEGRA systems are shipped fully assembled to minimize set-up time. Combined with intuitive operation, this allows labs to get their workflows up and running – from unboxing to the first run – within minutes.

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VIAFLO Electronic Pipettes

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Electronic pipettes with touch wheel user interface.   VIAFLO pipettes accommodate any pipetting task at hand: from single transfers to complex protocols. An intuitive touch wheel interface and color display allows for the quickest volume changes and user friendly menu navigation. The ergonomic design enables effortless pipetting. The unique tip fitting of the VIAFLO pipette assures that GripTip pipette tips will never loosen, leak or fall off. VIAFLO Electronic Pipettes Features:   GripTip Pipette Tips - By designing our GripTips™ in tandem with VIAFLO pipettes, we have created a unique, integrated system that offers the securest pipette and pipette tip connection. High lateral resistance. This prevents tips from falling off when touching off a multichannel pipette within a 96 or 384 well plate. Low required tip attachment forces. Low required tip ejection forces. All tips seal at the same height ensuring a perfect touch off and increased precision when dispensing. Intuitive User Interface - A full color screen and a proven touch wheel interface offer quick and comprehensible menu navigation. Simply by moving a finger over the touch wheel, menus and settings can be accessed. All menus are spelled out on the clear to read screen making memorizing of abbreviations unnecessary. Convenient Pipette and Program Management - VIAFLO pipettes can be connected to a computer via USB port. With the free to use pipette management software VIALINK, custom programs can be created on the computer and then be transferred onto VIAFLO pipettes. For laboratories with many users or power users with many pipetting protocols, all custom programs can be stored and backed up in a library on the computer. Applications: Repeat Dispense Manual Pipetting Sample Dilution Reverse Pipetting Variable Dispense

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VOYAGER Adjustable Tip Spacing Pipettes

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The VOYAGER electronic pipettes enable users to change the tip spacing electronically with the push of a button. Up to three different tip spacings from 4.5 mm to 33 mm can be set and saved. Accelerate reformatting of plates, e.g. 96 well plates to 384 well plates, transfers from racked tubes into microplates or filling pockets of Agarose gels. The VOYAGER electronic pipettes feature a colour display and an intuitive touch wheel user interface. This enables quickest volume changes and easy, ergonomic modification of pipetting parameters. Ten predefined protocols are available, such as Repeat Dispense, Serial Dilute, Sample Mix. In addition, up to 20 customized protocols can be created and stored on the pipette. VOYAGER Adjustable Tip Spacing Pipette Features & Benefits:  Electronically adjustable tip spacing accelerates plate reformatting and sample transfers between different lab ware formats. Unique tip fitting design ensures that tips snap into place and will not accidently fall off. GripTips attach the same way each and every time to enable precise touching off. Intuitive touch wheel interface for rapid volume setting and easy programming. Available Models: 4-channel 6-channel 8-channel 12-channel

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