BD Biosciences, Cat# 335863, BD FACSCanto Fluidics Cart

BD Biosciences, Cat# 335863, BD FACSCanto Fluidics Cart

***Fluidics cart is preowned with some wear from normal use, (stains scratches around unit, rust on back panel.) Buyer can expect a working machine with 30-day warranty. See photos for details. 

The BD FACSCanto  fluidics system is designed to streamline work, save time, and improve performance.

In the fluidics system, the sample travels up the sample injection tube, and hydrodynamic focusing within the flow cell forces particles into a single-file stream where laser light intercepts the stream at the sample interrogation point. The unique flow cell design permits particles to flow through the center of the flow cell. Increasing the sample pressure increases the core diameter and the flow rate.

A fluidics cart holds large fluid tanks necessary to operate and maintain the instrument. For sample acquisition,
positive-pressure pumps in the fluidics cart send sheath fluid past a 0.2-µm filter to a pressurized interior reservoir inside the instrument called the plenum. The plenum maintains a nearly constant fluid level and dampens pump pulsation using a dynamic feedback pressure control system designed to regulate pressure. As a result, sheath flow rate does not vary with the level of fluid in the sheath cubitainer, and the reservoir automatically removes small air bubbles from the sheath supply.

Daily routine procedures, such as startup, shutdown, and cleaning routine cycles, are automated as a result of fluidic integration with BD FACSCanto clinical software. BD FACS™ shutdown solution prevents salt crystal buildup in fluidics lines and is supplemented with a preservative to prevent bacterial growth. During the instrument shutdown procedure, the BD FACS shutdown solution replaces sheath
fluid in all sample and sheath fluid lines.