Scienion Launches Microfluidic sciSWIFTER – Joint Commercialization with Matrical Bioscience

Scienion AG and Matrical Bioscience recently announced the launch of the sciSWIFTER™, a new dispensing device developed for high precision dispensing in 96, 384, and 1536 microplates. The sciSWIFTER will be jointly commercialized by Scienion AG and Matrical Bioscience, both leading suppliers in the life science market.

The sciSWIFTER, a time and reagent saving drop on demand dispenser, can dispense up to 16 different substances in parallel into various multi well plate formats. Dispense range is 100 pl - 100µl with dead volumes close to zero. Each nozzle has online-drop-control and optical volume determination.

The sciSWIFTER can operate as a stand-alone device and includes integrated touch-screen controls, robotics shuttle, and external software API for integration into automated robotics platforms, including AutoMAP recently launched by Matrical Bioscience. The sciSWIFTER allows for quick and easy change of setup for different assays and minimizes cross contamination. The requirement for intermediate dilution plates is eliminated by the dynamic range of volumes dispensed (6 orders of magnitude).

Disposable pen technology (sciSWIFT) enables preparation, storage, sonication, and dispensing of precious reagents in one integrated device. Substances can be stored directly in the sciSWIFT dispensing pen which serves as a closed container, eliminating heat seals and ensuring sample integrity. Preferential applications include dispensing of assay reagents, miniaturization of assays and the dispensing of initial screening as well as of dose/response experiments from an identical container. RFID tags for each dispensing pen ensure traceability of precious reagents during storage, retrieval and dispensing. With sciSWIFT – primary and secondary assays and dose response tests are made from the identical sample/dilution with CV’s of 2%.

“The sciSWIFTER was developed to improve and simplify automated liquid handling for standard applications in drug discovery environments and as a special feature it enables the precise dispensing of liquid volumes in the range from pico- to microliters in a single device”, says Dr. Holger Eickhoff, CEO of Scienion AG. “We are very pleased about our partnership with Matrical as a leading supplier for the drug discovery market with complementary products in sample management and cell culture.” Dan Roark, founder and CEO of Matrical, commented that “Scienion has commercialized the drop on demand technology over the past 5 years for clinical applications and pharmaceutical customers will benefit from this unique dispensing and storage technology. The sciSWIFTER is a perfect tool to enlarge our product portfolio and we look forward to working with Scienion.”

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