1. Mirus Nanopump Series
Cellix’s Mirus Nanopumps are high precision pumping systems designed to aspirate small sample volumes and support flow rates (user-defined shear stress ranges) within microcapillary biochips. As such the Mirus range of pumping systems is ideally suited to flow assays using cell suspensions for detailed studies of cell adhesion, polarization and migration.
Features
- Suitable for a wide range of cell suspensions
- 0.05 to 20 dyne/cm2 shear stresses easily obtained and controlled by the FlowAssay software.
- Shear stress may be preset to incrementally increase during an assay.
- Picolitre per minute to microlitre per minute volumetric flow rates.
- Nanolitre to microlitre volume assays.
- Wide viscosity range.
- Low system dead volume
- Real time control of pumping function.
Mirus 1.0 Nanopump
Performance Specifications
| Shear Stress Range* | 0.05 – 20 dyne/cm2 |
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| Volumetric Flow Rates | 100nL – 20µL / minute (100µL syringe) |
| Sample Volume Increments | Freely adjustable |
| Linear Velocity Range* | 10 µm/s to 10cm/s |
| Flow Direction | Reversible |
| Pumping system dead volume (system liquid only). | 600 µL |
| Sample Volume Aspiration Accuracy | ± 1% |
| Shear Stress Accuracy | ± 0.5% |
| Sample Volume Aspiration Precision < 1% CV | |
| Shear Stress Precision | < 0.5% CV |
1ml syringe for high shear stress >10 dyne/cm^2
**Given for the flow of distilled water in a microcapillary with dimensions: 400 µm (W) x 100 µm (D) x 20mm (L).
Technical Specifications
| Software control | Integrated FlowAssay software facilitates pumping of cell suspension through biochips. |
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| Hardware control: PC requirements | Pentium II microprocessor or higher, 128MB of RAM, 400MB Hard disk, RS232 port (COM port), USB port, CD-ROM drive for FlowAssay software installation, Windows 2000, ME, XP Operating systems. |
| Dimensions | 220mm (W) x 175mm (D) x 220mm (H) |
| Weight | Approx. 5kg |
| Power Requirements | 110/220 V 50/60Hz |
Downloads
- Mirus 1.0 Nanopump Technical Specifications (.pdf 41 KB)