| R o b e r t K o c h |
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Since Robert Koch introduced solid culture media in the 1880s, the basic technique of isolating pure cultures has been accomplished by manual streaking methods. This crucial and important procedure is tedious, laborious, biohazardous and inconsistent. Through automation, the ISOPLATER eliminates all this while also improving isolation rates, standardizing results, increasing productivity, ensuring personnel protection, and lowering costs. | |
| I s o l a t i o n |
| The ISOPLATER is engineered to yield maximum colonial isolation with all specimen types and concentrations. A patented streaking pattern assures complete utilization of the media surface area plus a high dilution factor between quadrants. Four individual loops sequentially streak in identical parallel patterns. This yields a number of increasingly diluted sectors around the dish. |
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| S t a n d a r d i z a t i o n |
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With robotic precision and efficiency, every petri dish is streaked identically. Standardized reproducible streaking with uniformly high quality results makes reading, enumeration and subculturing both easier and faster. The ISOPLATER also reduces the number of mixed subcultures and specimen replating. | |
| Designed to be both dependable and USER FRIENDLY, the ISOPLATER has an excellent proven track record. Mean time between failure is over one year and in total, over 21 million petri dishes have been automatically processed to date. The machine comes complete with a comprehensive easy to use operation manual plus video training. |
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| S a f e t y |
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Designed to safely handle dangerous infectious specimens, the ISOPLATER utilizes negative pressure containment and HEPA filters all exhaust air. This removes any smoke or aerosols to guarantee personnel protection is maintained. Independent backup safety systems monitor numerous functions to assure proper operation and sterility are maintained. | |
| P r o d u c t i v i t y |
| Faster than a technologist, the ISOPLATER streaks over 180 pre inoculated plates per hour. It will run up to three shifts a day and does not require breaks. To label and inoculate a plate requires only a few seconds, however, it can take up to 20 seconds to streak properly. By automating both the primary and subculture streaking, a substantial amount of labor is eliminated. |
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| Q u a l i t y |
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It has been scientifically confirmed that the ISOPLATER increases the recovery of pathogenic microorganisms. This fact, along with the numerous other benefits of automated streaking, combine to make a better work environment. The ISOPLATER allows technologists to apply their valuable skills, knowledge and time where it is most effective and rewarding. | |
| Aside from the obvious labor savings in many areas, the ISOPLATER minimizes the use of Bunsen burners, incinerators and expensive plastic disposable loops. Reduced gas consumption, lower air conditioning requirements, fewer consumables and less biohazardous waste all contribute to lower operating costs. This results in a quick pay back and a high return on investment. |
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| A u t o m a t i c O p e r a t i o n |
| Firstly, the technologist inoculates the petri dish with any kind of specimen in the usual manner. However, the inoculum must be situated over a specific reference point on the bottom of the petri dish. This reference point can be your label, a grease pencil mark or the frosted rectangular ISOMARK which many petri dish manufacturers now have on the bottom of their dishes for this purpose. The ISOPLATER uses this reference point to orient the petri dish properly before streaking.
Once the petri dishes are ready they are placed in the portable Carousels. A Carousel can hold up to 4 stacks of 20 dishes (80) and can be loaded and unloaded during operation for maximum efficiency. |
| Streaking and loop sterilization take place in a contained negative pressure area with all exhaust air HEPA filtered to provide personnel protection. This removes any aerosols plus the smoke which is generated when biohazardous specimen is incinerated off the loops.
Daily maintenance of the ISOPLATER is minimal. This includes cleaning the dish guides plus checking, cleaning and straightening the loops. |
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The machine then automatically rotates the Carousel to bring in a stack of plates, downloads a dish, removes the lid, orients the dish, transfers the dish with its lid, streaks in four successive quadrants for isolation, replaces the lid and uploads the completed dish into the unload Carousel.
The Nichrome streaking loops are sterilized by electrical heating to incandescence between successive samples. | |
| S p e c i f i c a t i o n s |
| Cycle Speed: |
18 seconds per plate
180 plates per hour |
| Power: |
110/120 VAC 60Hz
220/240 VAC 50Hz
295 watts |
| Dimensions: |
| Width: |
30 inches (76cm) |
| Depth: |
25 inches (64cm) |
| Height: |
30 inches (76cm) |
| Weight: |
130 pounds (60kg) |
| Specifications subject to change without notice. |
| Patented - USA, Canada, Europe and Australia | |
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