Andor DSD Uni: New Versatility Added to the Revolution DSD Confocal
Belfast, - Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging, spectroscopy solutions and confocal systems, today announced the launch of the DSD Uni. The DSD Uni brings with it the ability to add a confocal unit to almost any fluorescence microscope, upright or inverted, irrespective of manufacturer.
A key part of its design is a universal mount that maintains camera and confocal unit stability. It keeps the unique DSD feature of filter set exchange without disassembly, which was previously only available on inverted microscopes. The user benefits from alignment-free use of the confocal system, thus saving valuable imaging time.
An additional recent enhancement to this laser-free technology includes the ability to offer four wavelength imaging instead of just three. Due to the development of the motorized Andor AMH metal halide light source, wavelength switching is now faster, with light intensity to the sample being finely and discreetly controlled for each wavelength independently. This reduces bleaching and/or phototoxicity for your fixed or live cell applications.
Recently published papers demonstrate the strengths of the Revolution DSD technology: it offers freely tuneable excitation and emission filtering for newly developed fluorescent probes, fast imaging compared to point scanning systems, and the choice of imaging in confocal or widefield mode according to your requirements.
The new brochure that accompanies these new developments includes all the information needed to evaluate what the Revolution DSD could bring to research.
For more information, please visit http://www.andor.com/microscopy_systems/white_light_confocal/revolution_dsd/
About Andor Technology plc
Andor enables its customers to break new ground by performing light measurements previously considered impossible. Andor is a world leader in scientific imaging with a portfolio spanning high-performance scientific digital cameras, spectrographs, and microscopy confocal and white light systems. Andor now counts over 250 employees in 17 offices worldwide, offering over 70 products to 10,000 scientific research and OEM customers, and acquired Bitplane in 2009 and Photonic Instruments in 2010. Andor Technology is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: AND).
