INFOGRAPHIC: How to Choose a Puller

The SU-P1000 micropipette puller was developed through years of experience with the Flaming/Brown style micropipette pullers and infused with leading edge technology. The most obvious new feature is the color touchscreen display that provides an intuitive and full-featured interface.

The SU-P97 Flaming/Brown type micropipette puller is ideal for fabricating micropipettes, patch pipettes and microinjection needles. While retaining many of the features of earlier models, the SU-P97 offers improvements in mechanical, electronic and software design. The result is better control of the pulling process and a higher degree of reproducibility. The SU-P97 combines a proven mechanical system with a sophisticated, programmable microprocessor controller. This programmable control of the pulling parameters allows the investigator to design application-specific pipettes from a wide range of glass compositions and sizes.

The SU-P2000 micropipette puller represents a significant advance in the technology of fabrication of micropipettes, optical fiber probes, and nanospray tips. The SU-P2000 integrates a CO₂ laser-based heat source with the technology derived from our extensive experience with conventional pullers. This system offers capabilities unmatched by other pullers.

The model SU-P30 vertical micropipette puller is designed for the fabrication of basic micropipettes and patch-type pipettes. It will pull micropipettes with tip diameters as small as 0.3 µm and moderate taper lengths (6 to 10 mm). By using an included patching attachment, the puller will pull the standard double pull patch-type pipette. Used with thin wall glass capillaries, it will generate pipettes or needles suitable for microinjection studies. The puller is ideal for student laboratories and other situations which call for an economical, reliable pipette pulling device.

PUL-1000 is a microprocessor controlled horizontal puller for making glass micropipettes or microelectrodes used in intracellular recording, patch clamp studies, microperfusion or microinjection. The puller was designed with tight mechanical specifications and precision electronics for complete control of the pulling process and accurate reproducibility. It offers programmable sequences of up to four steps with heating, force, movement and cooling time. This allows graduated cycles for applications like patch clamp recording.