Microplate Luminometer - Used Laboratory Equipment and New Lab Instrument Supplies, UK

Rhys International Ltd establish OEM agreement with Berthold Technologies

Rhys International & Berthold Technologies attend Medica in Dusseldorf, Germany. Where on the 17th Novemeber 2005 Rhys & Berthold proudly secure OEM agreement for the supply of Centro Microplate Luminometer, as part of the instrumentation for the Rapid Detection of MRSA.

The CENTRO meets all currently known requirements for a versatile, robust and sensitive microplate luminometer. The selected detector and the propietary design of the optical system guarantee lowest background and negligible crosstalk.

1. Microplate Luminometer (OEM version of Berthold Centro)

• Power Supply 110V-240V; 50/60Hz; 70VA
• Regulatory Approval CE, UL and CSA approved
• Temperature Range Storage 0o – 40oC
• Operational 15o – 35oC
• Humidity 10 – 85% none condensing
• Dimensions 330 x 430 x 270 mm (W x D x H)
• Weight 17kg
• Detection Unit Low noise photomultipier tube in single photon counting mode
• Sensitivity < 10amol ATP
• Dynamic Range > 6 orders of magnitude
• Cross talk Less than 10-6 (black 96 well plate)
• Plate format 96 well standard height plates.
• Injectors 3 Variable volume injectors 10-100ul
• Temperature control Plate incubation to 37oC
• Operation modes Integral measurement, plate repeats, scanning, shaking (3 modes), delay timing.
• Interface Serial RS232, 9 pin
• PC operating system Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP.
• PC Requirements Pentium Processor, 500MHz (or higher), CD ROM drive, display 1024x768 (or better), serial port, parallel port.
• Software Berthold Technologies MikroWIN 2000, Customised version for measurement of Acolyte MRSA assay.