Microscope stage cell culture incubator
Overview
- 3D-printed incubation chamber for cell culture in microfluidic chips
- minimized gas consumption and evaporation
- access and organization of many tubes for e.g. microfluidics control
- optimized for inverted microscopes
- cheap
- easy to produce and use
Download Files
DownloadIncubation Chamber (ZIP, 3.5 MB)
.zip Contents:
STL file for standard slicer software:
- Incubator_V13.stl: 3D printable incubator
Laser cutting templates:
- Chip_Plate_V3.pdf: transparent incubator bottom plate, 2mm thick transparent PMMA
- Plate_5mm.pdf: lid frame, 5mm thick transparent PMMA
- Rubber_Gasket_pt2.pdf: lid gasket, 2mm thick natural rubber
- Window_2mm_V2.pdf: lid, 2mm transparent PMMA
- Incubation Chamber Setup.docx: Assembly instructions
References
If you use the incubation chamber please cite the following paper:
Dettinger, Wang, Ahmed, Zhang, Loeffler, Kull, Etzrodt, Lengerke and Schroeder (2020)
external pageAn Automated Microfluidic System for Efficient Capture of Rare Cells and Rapid Flow-free Stimulation
Lab on a Chip, 10.1039/D0LC00687D
License
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