ExiGo - iPad mini or LabVIEW controlled Microfluidic Pump
The ExiGo™ pump is a microfluidic syringe pump controlled by an iPad mini or LabVIEW interface.
Features:
• Precise flow control with active feedback via integrated flow sensor (optional add-on).
• Flow rate: 10 nL/min – 20 mL/min
• Standard syringes: 100µL – 5mL.
• Wash mode or programmable perfusion mode (constant, ramp, step, sine) with reversible flow direction.
• Rapid flow change (ms range).
• Excellent long-term flow stability.
• WiFi communication and control via iPad mini. Can control/program up to 4 pump modules independently.
• USB communication with LabVIEW based PC control software.
• Use standard tubing for connection to any microfluidic biochip.
Applications: Microfluidics and nanofluidics, droplet generation and manipulation, pulse-free flow, laminar and multilaminar flow studies, precise multichannel mixing, cell-based shear flow studies, cell and particle manipulation studies.
Specifications:
| Volumetric Flow Rates | 10 nL/minute – 20 mL/minute |
| Microsteps per one revolution of lead screw | 250,000 |
| Step resolution | 0.008μm |
| Pulse-free flow rate for microfluidic applications* | • 10nL/min – 1mL/min ± 20nL/min @ 250uL glass syringe
• 100nL/min – 20mL/min ± 40nL/min @ 5mL plastic syringe |
| Flow rate stability for microfluidic applications** | ± 0.25% of Full Scale @ 250μL syringe and 7,000nL/min Flow Sensor |
| Dynamic Response | 50ms max (recorded at flow rate change from 0 to 10,000nL/min) |
| Compatible Syringes | 100μL – 5mL |
| Working Pressure | 30 psi – 2 bars maximum |
| External Trigger | 2 inputs and 2 outputs of external trigger for operation with external units and software |
| Flow control | • Reversible flow direction – Push/Pull
• Programmable perfusion mode: constant, ramp, step, sine |
| Software Control | • ExiGo App running on iPad mini
• LabVIEW based PC software |
| Dimensions | 225mm (W) x 69mm (D) x 122mm (H) |
| Weight | ~ 1.3kg |
| *Measured with ExiGo Flow Sensor and active PID feedback
**Refer to ExiGo supported syringes |
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Flow Sensor Overview (optional add-on) |
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| Operation | Plug and play connection to the ExiGo microfluidic pump |
| Features | Allows monitoring of ExiGo pump flow rate and active PID (proportional, integral, differential) feedback of pump flow rate |
| Dead volume | 1 – 25 µL depending on Flow Sensor |
| Measured flow rate ranges | ± 1,500 nL/min or ± 7,000 nL/min or ± 80,000 nL/min depending on model installed |
| Max pressure | 30 psi – 2 bars maximum |
| Dimensions | 60mm (L) x 51mm (W) x 21mm (H) |
| Weight | <0.1kg |
| Power Requirements | Via cable to ExiGo microfluidic pump |
DropChip - Droplet Generation with ExiGo pump
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ExiGo Precise Control
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Cell cell Adhesion Assays with ExiGo Microfluidic Pump
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Precise pulse-free flow control with ExiGo Microfluidic Pumps
***** NO AUDIO WITH THIS VIDEO ***** ExiGo is a microfluidic syringe pump controlled by an iPad mini. 4-channels or pumps may be controlled independently by one iPad mini. LabView and API options for PC control are also available. Key features of this pump include volumetric flow rates of 0.0725pL/min – 20mL/min. Continuous pulse-free flow rates with sensor are 10nL/min – 1mL/min with 250uL glass syringe and 100nL/min – 20mL/min with 5mL plastic syringe. Compatible with standard syringes. The user-friendly iPad mini enables simple programming of flow steps: constant, ramp, step, sine. Application shown in this video is precise pulse-free flow control.
Multilaminar Flow with ExiGo Microfluidic Pumps
***** NO AUDIO WITH THIS VIDEO ***** ExiGo is a microfluidic syringe pump controlled by an iPad mini. 4-channels or pumps may be controlled independently by one iPad mini. LabView and API options for PC control are also available. Key features of this pump include volumetric flow rates of 0.0725pL/min – 20mL/min. Continuous pulse-free flow rates with sensor are 10nL/min – 1mL/min with 250uL glass syringe and 100nL/min – 20mL/min with 5mL plastic syringe. Compatible with standard syringes. The user-friendly iPad mini enables simple programming of flow steps: constant, ramp, step, sine. Application shown in this video is multilaminar flow.
Droplet Generation with ExiGo Microfluidic Pumps
***** NO AUDIO WITH THIS VIDEO ***** ExiGo is a microfluidic syringe pump controlled by an iPad mini. 4-channels or pumps may be controlled independently by one iPad mini. LabView and API options for PC control are also available. Key features of this pump include volumetric flow rates of 0.0725pL/min – 20mL/min. Continuous pulse-free flow rates with sensor are 10nL/min – 1mL/min with 250uL glass syringe and 100nL/min – 20mL/min with 5mL plastic syringe. Compatible with standard syringes. The user-friendly iPad mini enables simple programming of flow steps: constant, ramp, step, sine. Application shown in this video is droplet generation.