MP-500 Micropipette Puller

The MP-500 micropipette puller facilitates the manufacture of micropipettes by providing a touch-sensitive color screen and preset algorithms.

A consistent pulling of micropipettes is ensured by a simple and quick softening point test, safe heat mode, and system diagnostic functions. Additionally, the MP-500 micropipette has additional cutting-edge features like a special groove for replacing warming filament quickly and efficiently, as well as an integrated humidity-controlled chamber for simple plugging in and unplugging.

Applications:

• Patch-clamp experiment;
• Microinjection or microelectrode: Adherent cell, C.Elegans, Drosophila, Zebrafish;
• Pronuclear injection and intracellular recording;
• In vivo microinjection: ES cell, Nuclear transfer, ICSI, Virus, Xenopus;

Features:

• For a steady and consistent pipette pulling, use the preheating mode to maintain a constant temperature.
• In each pull two symmetrical microelectrodes are made.
• Pulls electrodes with cone lengths ranging from 3 to 15 mm and tip sizes as small as 0.1 mm.
• Ranges from 1 to more than 100Ω in impedance.
• Preset pull protocols are available; all that is required is the input of the capillary glass tube parameters, the heating filament parameters, and the types of glass microelectrodes to be pulled; an appropriate pull program will then be given and can be altered as required.
• 99 pulling programs can be stored.
• Safe heat mode prevents filament damage from high temperatures.
• A special slot that makes it simple to adjust and replace different filament models.
• An integrated plug-in humidity control chamber maintains a dry environment surrounding the capillary glass and filament to promote optimal pulling.