CytoSMART - Live-Cell Imaging Microscopes

Dimensions (L × W × H)	396 mm × 345 mm × 171 mm
Weight	9 kg
Optics	Brightfield with digital phase contrast
Magnification	10× fixed objective
Light source	LED
Camera	6.4 MP CMOS
Scan area	99 mm × 131 mm
Exported formats	JPG, XLSX & MP4
Well plate types	6 – 384 well plates
Culture flask types	Petri dishes, T25 – T225, triple flasks, and HYPERFlasks
Other labware	Anything transparent and lower than 55 mm
Operating environment	5 – 40 °C, 20 – 95% humidity
Support	Via email and live chat

Dimensions (L × W × H)

396 mm × 345 mm × 171 mm

Weight

9 kg

Optics

Brightfield with digital phase contrast

Magnification

10× fixed objective

Light source

LED

Camera

6.4 MP CMOS

Scan area

99 mm × 131 mm

Exported formats

JPG, XLSX & MP4

Well plate types

6 – 384 well plates

Culture flask types

Petri dishes, T25 – T225, triple flasks, and HYPERFlasks

Other labware

Anything transparent and lower than 55 mm

Operating environment

5 – 40 °C, 20 – 95% humidity

Support

Via email and live chat

Key Features

NEW - Automated whole-well imaging with higher spatial resolution

The CytoSMART Omni, fitted with the new digital 6.4 MP CMOS camera, can monitor cell cultures and study biological processes with enhanced spatial resolution, while also allowing cells to be kept in their desired culture environment. There is no need to move a culture vessel on the sample stage, since the camera moves along the platform to capture the entire area of the vessel. Higher quality images coupled with robust AI-based image analysis ensure that you will generate reliable and reproducible experimental data with minimal artifacts.

Complete overview of sample confluency

Manual handling and cell seeding can cause a variable density distribution within culture vessels. Randomly selecting several areas of interest or tile scanning is a common practice to overcome that issue, however, this is either time-consuming to set up or to post-process. The CytoSMART Omni automatically scans complete well surface areas and instantly stitches these images to give users a complete overview of cell coverage.

Efficient screening of culture multiwell plates

The CytoSMART Omni can scan up to 6 vessels per hour. High-throughput experiments are not limited to a single culture vessel. The CytoSMART Omni can process multiple plates in quick succession, automatically stitching acquired images and safely storing data for each individual plate.

Compatibility with any transparent culture vessel

Cell-based assays and subculturing all benefit from standardization. Choosing the right vessel and going through the process of understanding how cells behave in the said vessel is vital for reproducibility. The CytoSMART Omni is highly flexible and compatible with any transparent vessel that is lower than 55 mm. All vessels with a surface area smaller than 99*131 mm can be imaged in full (6 – 384-well plates, T-25 – T225, Petri dishes, triple flasks, and HYPERFlasks).

Perform analysis at desired culturing environment

The CytoSMART Omni is designed for your incubator. Live-cell imaging requires environmental control throughout the experiment. To maintain favorable cellular environment and minimize disturbance of the samples, users can place the compact CytoSMART Omni inside any standard cell culture incubator, where the imaging of cells is performed automatically via a moving camera that captures the entire area of a culture vessel.

Continuous imaging provides real-time insight into cellular processes

Perform kinetic assays over the course of days or even weeks. Time-lapse imaging allows you to pinpoint important events in the progression of the cell culture from experiment to experiment. Uncover attachment and detachment rates, evaluate events like cell death, and compare growth rates. Data collection using video monitoring allows users to capture changes within samples and compare the rate of change between samples.