微流控細胞壓縮系統(tǒng)可以通過調節(jié)正氣壓力對體外組織樣本或3D細胞培養(yǎng)物進行循環(huán)或靜態(tài)壓縮。FX-5000C壓縮系統(tǒng)使用 BioPress培養(yǎng)板在活塞和固定壓板之間壓縮樣品。它最多可以施加14 磅的壓力。憑借使用 FX-5000C加壓系統(tǒng)，研究人員可以在體外觀察模擬體內條件的生化變化和細胞信號傳導。

微流控細胞壓縮系統(tǒng)的工作原理

BioPress孔中對組織樣本進行壓縮的示意圖

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微流控細胞壓縮系統(tǒng)FX-5000C的優(yōu)點：
1）產生高達14磅作用力的正氣壓力（最小力分辨率為0.1磅力）
2）在來自肌肉、肺、心臟、血管、皮膚、肌腱、韌帶、軟骨和骨骼的3D構建或組織樣本中模擬的體內組織應變和頻率；
3）使用BioPress培養(yǎng)板或StagePresser顯微鏡設備在活塞和固定壓板之間壓縮樣品
4）在一個方案內編程多個頻率、幅度和波形變化，頻率范圍從0.01到5.0Hz；
5）一個FX-5000微流控壓縮系統(tǒng)可以驅動四個FlexLink控制器
6）可在Windows7系統(tǒng)上運行FlexSoft FX-5000操作軟件

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