The ICD is a 35mm or 40mm diameter autoclavable and reusable culture dish made of a stainless steel ring into which a 30mm Desag 263, glass #1.5 coverslip is placed and retained by a leak-proof, silicone o-ring seal integrated into a 10m high polycarbonate threaded insert and includes 2 O-rings and 50, 30mm coverslips.
The Bioptechs Interchangeable Coverslip Dish (ICD) is a way to reduce the cost of using glass bottomed dishes and has many other advantages over pre-made glass bottomed dishes.
- Separate coverglass enables the user to pretreat or condition the coverslip if necessary
- 25mm clear aperture for more translation room for todays large high N.A. objectives
- Accessories available for fluid perfusion and a 2nd optical surface above the cells
- No metal components have contact with the specimen or media
- The threaded tube can be made any height for special applications
- All parts are autoclaveable. Therefore, you can control sterility
- Significantly reduced Z axis drift as compared to plastic
- Metal base transfers heat from peripheral warmers
- 30mm German Desag glass ideal for cell culture
- O-ring sealed for positively preventing leaks
- Low cost coverslip replacement
- Fits any 35mm dish warmer
- Easy to assemble