VIDEO: How to Set the Controlled Temperature for the ATC2000

ATC2000 is a low noise heating system for maintaining animal body temperature during experimental procedures.

VIDEO: How to Set Up WPI's Animal Temperature Controller

ATC2000 is a low noise heating system for maintaining animal body temperature during experimental procedures. The temperature controller provides electrically quiet control over the heating plate, so that you can place the animal directly onto the heating plate. Here’s how to set up the system.

Factors that Affect the Pulling of Micropipette Glass Capillaries

A PUL-1000 is a micro-processor controlled, four stage horizontal puller that is used for making glass pipettes and microelectrodes. This article defines several factors that affect the pulling of micropipette glass capillaries.

VIDEO: WPI's Top 5 Needle Holders

Needle holders, also known as a needle drivers. They are used in wound closure, ligation, reanastomosis and other surgical procedures which require suturing. The needle is usually held in position by a clamp mechanism, which allows the operator to manipulate the needle through various tissues. The jaws are generally textured and short in comparison to the shank to retain a solid grasp on the needle.

VIDEO: How to Understand the ATC2000 Display

ATC2000 is a low noise heating system for maintaining animal body temperature during experimental procedures. Here we will look at the main display on the front panel to see what information is available and the three operational modes.

VIDEO: 5 Reasons to Choose WPI's Animal Temperature Controller

The ATC 2000 is a low noise heating system for maintaining animal body temperature during experimental procedures. Here are five reasons to choose the WPI Animal Temperature Controller. WPI's Adaptive control is unique in the industry, giving you precision control without the need for complex programming when it counts. Simple to setup. Stable control. No local hotspots.

VIDEO: Caring for Your Surgical Instrument Investment: Sterilization

In this video, you get some practical tips on sterilizing your surgical instruments and using an autoclave. This video is the fourth in a series of four to discuss some best practices in caring for your surgical instrument investment. 

VIDEO: Caring For Your Surgical Instrument Investment: Ultrasonic Cleaning

In this video, you can see how to mechanically clean surgical instruments using an ultrasonic cleaner. This video is loaded with tips. This video is the third in a series of four to discuss some best practices in caring for your surgical instrument investment.

VIDEO: Caring for Your Surgical Instrument Investment: Manual Cleaning

In this video, you can see how to manually clean surgical instruments. It is loaded with tips. This video is the second in a series of four to discuss some best practices in caring for your surgical instrument investment. 

VIDEO: Caring for Your Surgical Instrument Investment: Introduction

What's the difference between cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing? Let's take a look. This is the first in a series of four videos to discuss some best practices in caring for your surgical instrument investment.

VIDEO: Guide for Ultrasonic Cleaning of Surgical Instruments

Ultrasonic cleaning is the most effective cleaning method for maintaining your surgical instruments, because of its cavitation. Vibrating sound waves create micron-size bubbles in solution that grow as the pressure in the unit changes.

Guide for Manually Cleaning Surgical Instruments

The proper care and handling of surgical instruments is the simplest way to protect your investment and add years to the life of your instruments. Here is a handy infographics showing the steps for proper surgical instrument cleaning.

VIDEO: Stain Guide for Surgical Instruments

Although stainless steel is corrosion-resistant, it can still rust and stain if it is handled improperly. To determine if a discoloration is rust or just a stain, erase the discoloration with a pencil eraser. If there is pitting in the metal under the discoloration, it is corrosion. If the discoloration is removed, it was just a stain. 

VIDEO: How to use the Celloger® Mini Plus Software

Celloger® Mini Plus is an automated live cell imaging system that is equipped with an advanced fluorescence and bright field microscopy, autofocusing and real time multi-position imaging technology. It provides you all the tools you need to acquire the best quality images and accurate research results.

VIDEO: Comparison of Metal for Surgical Instruments

Surgical instruments are designed to perform diagnostic, therapeutic, or investigative operations having specific functions such as to cut or incise, retract, grasp, hold or occlude, dilate or probe, suture or ligate. 

MICRO-ePUMP Injection Sequence Explained

Designed to simplify intracellular injection and a variety of other microinjection tasks, the MICRO-ePUMP uses carefully regulated air pressure for injecting cells with fluid. Injected volumes range from picoliters to nanoliters. Timing, injection pressure and compensation pressure are adjusted independently using the touch screen interface. Time intervals can range from 2 seconds down to 10 ms or less, depending on the injection pressure setting. The injection pressure interval is triggered using the foot switch.

Understanding the Types of Stainless Steel for Manufacturing Surgical Instruments

Two main criteria to be considered when choosing your surgical instruments are the quality of the steel and the manufacturing process itself. Manufacturing quality instruments involves standards for various aspects of the manufacturing process, including the basic requirements for quality steel, as well as vigorous inspection for every step on the process. Here is a handy infographic comparing the various grades of stainless steel.

VIDEO: Digital Microforge: Setting up the Microforge Controller

The DMF1000 is a microprocessor-controlled microforge designed for fabrication of both small patch clamp glass pipettes and larger injection pipettes. The DMF1000 can be used for polishing patch clamp pipettes, microforging holding pipettes, microforging beveled injection pipettes, and for calibrating pipette tips for microinjection. Here we will show you how to configure the DMF1000 controller.

VIDEO: Digital Microforge: Setting up the Microscope and Filament

The DMF1000 is a microprocessor-controlled microforge designed for fabrication of both small patch clamp glass pipettes and larger injection pipettes. The DMF1000 can be used for polishing patch clamp pipettes, microforging holding pipettes, microforging beveled injection pipettes, and for calibrating pipette tips for microinjection. Here we will show you how to install the microforge filament on your microscope.

Which Alloy is Best for My Surgical Instruments?

Inox, Titanium, Dumoxel®, Dumastar®, Antimagnetic... Have you ever looked at the variety of metal alloys for surgical instruments and laboratory tools and wondered which is best for your needs? Here's a brief rundown.

VIDEO: How to Setup the WPI Manual Microsyringe Pump

The manual microsyringe pump is a convenient tool for precise manual injection of fluid using glass pipettes or similar injection devices. The design allows visual feedback of flow at the pipette tip. They can also be used as a manual micro syringe pump for perfusion or withdrawal of liquids

VIDEO: Improve Embryo Survival with Pinpoint Cell Pentration

Do you want to take the next step in your CRISPR-CAS9 projects, making the injection of biomolecules in your cell lines more efficient? You can now increase the viability of injected embryos with WPI’s MICRO-ePORE, which offers improved repeatability and functionality for pinpoint cell penetration for targeted microinjections in transgenesis.

Organ-on-Chip, TEER, and New Drug Development

The process of drug discovery and development is extremely slow and expensive. Regulatory authorities, such as US FDA need animal models to test absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) which estimates safety and effectiveness of a drug.