Pipette Control Unit

Pipette design and good pipetting practice have always been in the focus to improve ergonomics and reproducibility of pipetting.

For the design of the ASSIST, INTEGRA kept these critical factors in mind but went even a step further: by automating our multichannel pipettes. Simply mount a VIAFLO electronic pipette onto the ASSIST to start automated pipetting. This prevents you from repetitive strain injuries (RSI) while increasing the reproducibility of prolonged pipetting protocols such as serial dilutions, plate filling and reagent addition.

How it works

Simply mount any INTEGRA VIAFLO electronic pipette onto the ASSIST pipette adapter, choose a pipetting protocol and press the run button. ASSIST will then obtain the protocol via communication module from the VIAFLO electronic pipette and automatically execute the desired application.

Overview

ASSIST automated pipetting system, with key features labelled.

1) Touch wheel interface

2) Communication module

3) Smart pipette adapter

4) Compact size

5) Plate compatibility

6) Choice of reservoirs

Automated Multichannel Pipetting

Ergonomics

No matter how light and well balanced a pipette is, prolonged pipetting tasks remain physically and mentally challenging. While some steps always need to be performed manually, many other steps can be automated.

ASSIST lets you switch between the manual and automated pipetting tasks on the fly, relieving you of the routine pipetting.

Consistent pipetting

The major source of problems in pipetting performance are human errors.

Typical parameters influencing the performance are tip immersion depth and pipetting angle.