ChemoMetec SCC-400 - Manual (Page 19)

2!Cell!counting!with!the!NucleoCounter!SCC0400!
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2 Cell,counting,with,the,NucleoCounter,SCC.400,
The!NucleoCounter!SCC0400!is!a!fluorescent!cell0counting!instrument.!The!NucleoCounter!
has!the!advantage!of!short!training!time!before!the!user!can!run!reliable!somatic!cell!
counting!analysis.!The!instrument!itself!is!calibration!free.!!!
2.1 The,NucleoCounter,SCC.400,instrument,
The!NucleoCounter!SCC0400!instrument!is!shown!in!the!figure!below.!
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Figure,1,.,NucleoCounter,SCC.400,
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2.1.1 Fluorescence-microscope-
The!NucleoCounter!SCC0400!is!a!fluorescent!microscope!with!a!magnification!of!
approximately!x0.7.!
!The!NucleoCounter!SCC0400!runs!together!with!the!NucleoView!SCC0400!software,!which!
can!be!installed!on!a!PC!having!Windows!XP!(Service!Pack!3)!or!Windows!7!operating!
systems!and!USB!2.0!ports.!!
2.1.2 The-Sample-Compartment-fixture-
The!sample!compartment!fixture!holds!the!sample!compartment!and!the!internal!flow!
system!of!the!instrument.!Refer!to!section!“7.1!Cleaning”!for!guidelines!on!how!to!clean!
the!sample!compartment!if!required.!!