Liquid switching times in milliseconds without moving sewer pipes.
Perfusion Pencil® Multi-Barrel Manifold Tip
Rapid solution change with micro-liter dead volume
No piezo or stepper motor translation. No clumsy rotating valves.
Single-cell and patch delivery
For mounting on any micromanipulator.
Vacuum cross-contamination prevention
Use one tube to vacuum the tip volume clear between solution changes.
Solid construction
Easy to connect and clean.
Pencil Tip Cross Section
4 to 16 micro-bore tubes into 1 outflow
100 Micron Removable Tip
Flow rates (+/- 0.05):
Gravity = 0
2 psi = 0.07 ml/min
8 psi = 0.25 ml/min
250 Micron Removable Tip
Flow rates (+/- 0.05):
Gravity = 0.35 ml/min
2 psi = 1.66 ml/min
8 psi = 5.16 ml/min
360 Micron Removable Tip
Flow rates (+/- 0.05):
Gravity = 1.15 ml/min
2 psi = 3.98 ml/min
8 psi = 10.66 ml/min
100, 250 and 360 micron removable delivery tips available.
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