Replace your manual patch clamp rig
Two systems tailored to your workload requirements
IonFlux HT System
Ideal for high throughput screening of ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels
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IonFlux 16 System
Ideal for individual labs that have been limited to manual systems until now
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Principles of Well Plate Microfluidics
Innovative Well Plate Microfluidic™ Technology combines micron-scale fluidic channels with standard SBS plate formats combining a high degree of functionality and assay flexibility with the added convenience of integration with existing laboratory equipment.
Step 1: Add cells and test compounds on the plates
Each IonFlux Plate contains an array of experimental patterns with 12 wells: 8 for compounds, 2 for cell trapping and 2 for cell inlet and outlet. Cells are loaded in the inlet well, buffer is loaded into the trapping wells, and 8 unique compounds or concentrations series are loaded into the remaining wells of the experimental pattern. |
Step 2: Cells are trapped in an ensemble array
Cells are pushed through the main flow channel and pulled onto an ensemble of 20 small pipette-like channels. There are two such ensembles in each experimental pattern which get exposed to the same group of 8 compounds. This provides eight data points in duplicate for enhanced data fidelity. |
Step 3: Current is recorded from each ensemble
Continuous recording and superior fluidics are ideal for fast-acting ion channels. Current is measured using a discrete patch clamp amplifier for each ensemble, recording a sum of current across all 20 trapped cells resulting in consistent data. |
Ligand-gated ion channel assays
With continuous perfusion as standard IonFlux Systems are ideal for the study of ligand-gated ion channel targets.
Continuous perfusion dramatically improves ligand washout enabling challenging assays such as NMDA.
Voltage-gated ion channel assays
IonFlux systems have features that support analysis of even challenging targets such as sodium channels.
hERG toxicology and safety screening
The IonFlux System is uniquely suited for hERG compound profiling work.
Temperature dependent effects
Microfluidic design enables temperature dependant effects on ion channels to be studied in the early stages of drug discovery.
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