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mmi CellManipulator - Features
Features
       
mmi CellManipulator® is an optical trap that enables ultraprecise, contact-free manipulation of microscopic particles. The optical tweezers use a focused laser beam to trap, move and position single cells or sub-cellular and microscopic particles in a size range of approximately 0.1 micro – 200 micro.

The trapping action of optical tweezers is created because optical gradient force is more powerful than scattering and absorption forces. The trap itself is created by the effects of pressure generated by strongly focused laser light. A transparent particle with a refractive index greater than the medium inevitably moves towards the center of the beam, resulting in three-dimensional trapping.

Specially designed optics introduce the laser beam through the epifluorescence port of an inverted microscope. The same lens is used to view and trap particles immersed in a liquid.

mmi CellManipulator® traps particles using a high-quality, YAG-type infrared laser with a wavelength of 1064 nm and 3 W trapping power. The wavelength was chosen because it does not destroy living organisms.
 
Product power points
       
  • multibeam operation with up to ten tweezer points
  • contact-free movement of selected particles
  • easy operation
  • hassle-free combination with other MMI instruments, such as mmi Cellcut® and mmi Cellector®
  • mmi CellManipulator® is compatible with most standard inverse microscopes used for research purposes
 
Optional extras
       
Customize or expand mmi CellManipulator® with a choice of value added optional features for even easier, more effective oberation such as:
  • mmi Cellcut® solid state and/or N2 laser upgrade
  • four-quadrant metering, used for high-precision measurement of viscosity or binding forces
MMI Molecular Machines & Industries AG
Flughofstrasse 37 | CH - 8152 Glattbrugg | Switzerland
phone +41 (0) 44 809 10 10 | fax +41 (0) 44 809 10 11 |
E-Mail info@molecular-machines.com

MMI Molecular Machines & Industries GmbH
Breslauer Strasse 2 | D - 85386 Eching | Germany
phone +49 (0) 89 319 048 40 | fax +49 (0) 89 319 048 59

keywordsMMI Molecular Machines & Industries Inc.
PO Box 348 | Haslett, MI 48840| USA
phone +1 - (603) 629 9536 | fax +1 - (321) 978 0304 |
E-Mail sales_us@molecular-machines.com
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