Tecan and Cerionx team up to create superior liquid handling
Tecan, manufacturer of automated liquid handling workstations, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Cerionx, the provider of systems for cleaning automated pipette tips with 'cold' plasma, for the supply and marketing of the Cerionx 8-channel TipCharger System to the worldwide biopharmaceutical market.
Addition of the Cerionx TipCharger System as an integrated and supported component to Tecan's automated liquid handling and robotics workstations is said to offer superior pipette tip cleaning and sterilisation.
The TipCharger System uses room temperature ('cold') atmospheric pressure plasma to clean and sterilise pipette tips by removing contaminants at the molecular level without using hazardous solvents. This innovative plasma cleaning technology reduces the potential for contamination at the sample and consumable levels, reduces run time and improves assay productivity.
The TipCharger System can be easily integrated into both new and existing Tecan workstations, including Tecan's Freedom EVO series of versatile liquid handling platforms that serves a full range of genomic, proteomic, drug discovery and other life science applications.