Specifications for gentleMACS™ Octo Dissociator with Heaters

Overview

The gentleMACS™ Octo Dissociator with Heaters is a benchtop instrument for the fully automated and standardized tissue dissociation or homogenization of up to eight samples.Equipped with eight individual heating units and numerous optimized and ready-to-use gentleMACS Programs the gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters offers a fully automated workflow for tissue dissociation. In addition the instrument allows the user to create user-defined programs for almost any biological material. All eight positions can be operated independently. Single-cell suspensions or thorough homogenates are easily and reproducibly obtained using the unique C Tubes or M Tubes. These single-use gentleMACS Tubes allow sample preparation in a closed and sterile system, providing a high level of user safety and minimize cross-contamination.

Detailed product information

Applications

The gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters is equipped with several programs for fully automated tissue dissociation into single-cell suspensions, including:

• mouse or human tumor

• mouse or rat neonatal heart

• neural tissue

• mouse spleen, lung, lamina propria, epidermis, or liver

• mouse or rat skeletal muscle

• and more

Additionally, user-defined programs can be used to create fully automated workflows for all other tissue types.