Terrassa, Spain (ots) – Telstar has introduced the first minibioreactors’ system allowing multiple simultaneous cell culture trials for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological market. This innovative equipment, with a new line of BioSafety Cabinets Class II and the latest generation of Laboratory Freeze Dryers, will be exhibited at the Telstar booth 311, Hall B1 at analytica 2010, being held in Munich, Germany, from March 23-26.
Cell culture Telstar Hexascreen
Telstar is introducing into the market a completely innovative minibioreactor model to perform animal cell culture screening studies on a scale applicable to R&D. This equipment, under the brand name of Telstar HexaScreen, will be exhibiting in analytica fair.
It is the first minibioreactors’ system on the market to enable animal cell culture trials and experiments on a scale of 10 to 15 ml, with the capacity to handle six cultures at a time, and a workstation accommodating single-use interchangeable plates to guarantee sterility and speed up the optimization of the bioprocess.
These units offer monitoring features similar to those of laboratory bioreactors, which enable data acquisition on the main culture variables, such as the temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, optical density and full visible spectrum, allowing monitoring of growth information(cell absorbance) and metabolism (indirectly from acidification).
During 2010, Telstar will develop a new stage in the Telstar Hexascreen minibioreactor by incorporating the fed-batch model for increased productivity cultures.
The development of these minibioreactors’ systems is the result of an alliance of synergies between Telstar and the technology oriented company Hexascreen Culture Technologies, which specializes in bioreactor applications for animal cell based processes, which Telstar recently joined through a shareholding acquisition.
Biological safety cabinets
Telstar is featuring in Analytica a new generation of biological safety cabinets, which are more compact and optimize the usable work area in laboratories with limited space. Intended for the laminar flow manipulation of microorganisms with biological risk levels 2 and 3, the new range of Telstar Bio II Advance cabinets offers an ergonomic design that adapts easily to small spaces, especially in laboratories with low ceilings and where various pieces of equipment need to be used in the same area.
With all the features of a high-end cabinet, the Bio II Advance is designed to protect the user, the sample and the environment, and is notable for its reduced external dimensions while maintaining an optimum inner work space. With a width of 759 mm, the height of the Bio II Advance is up to 20% less than the market average.
Freeze Drying
Telstar is presenting the latest generation of Laboratory Freeze Dryers LyoQuest and LyoAlfa, on which the user can develop recipes with temperature and vacuum control, thanks to the PLC included as standard. Both units are very user friendly, incorporating touch screen with easy-to-use menu and synoptic screen. Optional monitoring LyoLogger software permits to connect the unit to a PC in order to obtain all data in excel files and visualise graphics of pressure, condenser temperature, and in case chamber is ordered also product and shelf temperatures. The innovating design of the freeze-dryers permits extremely compact units with large capacities of condensation in the minimum possible space. High quality material AISI 316L has been used to construct the ice condenser of the freeze-dryer, in which the automatic defrosting function for quick and easy defrosting is included as standard.
These units are the optimal tool for R&D laboratories due to comprehensive features and scale up possibilities. These freeze-dryers have specially been designed for research and development centres in universities, hospitals, scientific institutes, biotechnology centres, pharmaceutical industries, and food industries.
Telstar
Telstar is a multinational group based in Spain that develops high technology equipment for the life sciences market, specifically in the areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, traditional technology and medicine. Telstar is one today of the world’s top 5 manufacturers of Biosafety cabinets and one of the top 3 manufacturers of Laboratory Freeze Dryers.
Pressekontakt:
Laura Cortés
phone: +34 93 736 16 00
email: marketing@telstar.eu
web: www.telstar.eu
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