Features

Features / range

Types of WillCo-dish^®-es, both transparent, as well as in black (In: polystyrene).

Note:  Starting January 2011 we will have both the "Series 3522", as well as the "Series 5030", also  
                in polycarbonate (Transparent, only).

Our Glass Bottom Dishes are available in 35 mm. and 50 mm. diameter:

• The 35 mm. dish is available with an aperture of either 12 mm. or 22 mm.
• The 50 mm. dish is available with an aperture of either 30 mm. or 40 mm.

Advantages

1. A much larger effective range, when using an objective lens with a short working distance (WD).
2. Because of the thin (0.17 mm./# 1.5) glass bottom, there is no birefringence effect.
3. Low rim/side wall of the "Series 5040" dish was originally designed, for micromanipulation/micro-injection.
4. Higher effective N.A. creates brighter images (e.g. in fluorescence)
5. Higher effective N.A. facilitates higher resolutions in image analysis.
6. Microscope light passes orthogonally through the bottom glass, with the glass resting flat on the stage.
7. The warming-stage heats the glass directly and evenly, because the bottom glass is flush with the stage. This direct heating, ensures even distribution of the same temperature in the dish, which is of major importance for your live cells!
8. In IVF, no more oocyte-/embryo transfer is needed from one plastic-/glass dish to another, unless different media are being used, which saves a lot of time.
9. The Perfusion Chamber Insert allows easy perfusion in the glass bottom dish, for continuous in- and outflow of solutions.
10. The WillCo-dish® Glass Bottom dish, the "Series GWSt-5040", PASSED a series of tests, in the "independent Quality Control Laboratory", of EggCentris N.V., in Zellik (Brussels), Belgium. You find the Certificates in the left column of this site.
    
    
    
    NOTE:
    After you have successfully performed an I.C.S.I. proceedure or I.M.S.I. application, with the
    WillCo-dish® "Series GWSt-5040", the dish shall not be placed - not ever - in an incubator. Always transfer the cells/embryo's to a "certified all plastic" dish or in to a "certified all glass" dish, before
    placing them in an incubator, for hatching.
                                                                                  All our products are "FOR RESEARCH, ONLY!".