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BD FACSCalibur
The flow cytometer for your routine cell analysis needs
A system with a rich application basis and a modular approach that continues to meet evolving needs of cell analysis worldwide.
The BD FACSCalibur™ platform offers a unique modular approach to flow cytometry and allows users to perform both cell analysis and cell sorting in an innovative single bench-top system. Designed with multicolor application support in mind, the BD FACSCalibur flow cytometer provides flexibility to support a wide variety of research and clinical applications.
Engineered to meet evolving clinical and research requirements, the user-friendly BD FACSCalibur system can be easily upgraded to address emerging automation or sorting requirements in a laboratory. Walkway automation can be achieved by the BD FACS™ Loader option that handles tube-based assays or the BD™ High Throughput Sampler that handles assays in 96 or 384-well microtiter plates.* In addition, the BD FACSCalibur system can be upgraded to support cell sorting to allow for the isolation of a population of interest.*
Built-in modularity and simple upgrades make the BD FACSCalibur an excellent long-term investment for today’s cost conscious laboratories.
The BD FACSCalibur system is compact and easy to use. It is complemented by a broad suite of intuitive software solutions to streamline analysis for a wide range of applications, including enumeration of lymphocyte subsets, stem cells, residual white blood cells, reticulocytes, DNA analysis,* immune function studies,* bead based immunoassays,* and multiplexed analysis of signal transduction* and phosphorylation targets.*
Enabling fast, easy, and accurate results for routine applications with a versatile, modular design has made the BD FACSCalibur the automated benchtop cytometer of choice for cell analysis in research and clinical laboratories worldwide.
*Some options and applications are for Research Use Only.
R E P R O D U C I B L E
Performance and simplicity when it counts The BD FACSCalibur is a fully integrated multiparameter
system that has the performance and sensitivity to ensure objective and reproducible results vital to laboratories worldwide.
Optical path configurationFlow cytometry has evolved rapidly to incorporate the use of multiple fluorochromes to effectively identify and isolate subset populations in a single sample. This maximizes the information gained from limited samples and makes the assays more cost effective.
The first system to provide standard multicolor analysis capabilities with the use of dual-laser technology, interbeam compensation, and an alignment free optical design, the BD FACSCalibur system ensures high sensitivity, minimal compensation, and maximum flexibility in choice of fluorochromes.
This high performance system is a valued tool worldwide for routine cell analysis, assay development, verification, and identification of cellular populations of interest.
BD FACSCalibur optical path configuration
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Rare-event analysisA growing number of flow cytometry–based assays depend on rare-event detection. For example, in the characterization of subpopulations of stem cells, millions of cells are analyzed to achieve a statistically significant sampling of the subset of interest. Advanced applications like this require a flow cytometer capable of high-speed analysis. The BD FACSCalibur system features a multiparameter triggering system that allows a user to accelerate the analysis by electronically eliminating events from onboard processing.
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R E S U L T S
Dual-laser design for multicolor analysisThe BD FACSCalibur dual-laser design provides the flexibility and sensitivity needed for multicolor analysis. Two lasers, an air-cooled argon laser and a red diode laser, are spatially separated for high sensitivity, minimal compensation, and maximum flexibility in fluorochrome selection. This maximizes the information obtained from limited samples and increases the cost-effectiveness of each assay.
A fully integrated multiparameter system, the BD FACSCalibur system ensures objective and reproducible results, which are vital to today’s laboratories.
Unique easy-to-use sorting technology (optional)The BD FACSCalibur cell sorting option allows users to identify and isolate a population of interest. Sorting on the BD FACSCalibur system occurs in a completely enclosed, aerosol-free environment for enhanced safety, which is especially important when processing biohazardous samples. The sorting process is designed to be straightforward. After the population of interest is gated, simply click “Acquire” to begin the sort. After the sample is acquired and cells pass through the laser, a unique catcher tube mechanism moves in and out of the sample core stream at a rate of roughly 300 times per second to capture designated cells and direct them to a collection tube or to an optional cell concentrator module for further processing. (The BD FACSCalibur cell sorting and cell concentrator options are for Research Use Only)
BD FACSCalibur sorting mechanism
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BD FACSCalibur optical bench
P R O D U C T I V I T Y
Flexibility for sample introduction and enhanced productivity
BD FACS Loader option The BD FACS Loader option available for the BD FACSCalibur system provides walkaway automation for routine applications. Featuring a removable 40-tube carousel, onboard mixing, and BD™ Worklist Manager software, the BD FACS Loader option offers superior flexibility to efficiently address the workflow demands of the busy laboratory.
BD High Throughput Sampler (HTS) optionThe BD High Throughput Sampler (HTS) option provides flexible, easy-to-use automation. For those who prefer to work with multiwell plates, BD Biosciences offers the first walkaway sample introduction device for 96- and 384-well plates. The HTS option allows users to rapidly acquire samples with the BD FACSCalibur flow cytometer in a microtiter plate. As a modular option for new or existing BD FACSCalibur flow cytometers, the HTS option is designed to speed through a variety of microtiter plates in less than 15 minutes* and support a wide range of applications including the BD™ Cytometric Bead Array assay. The HTS option supports 96 U-, V-, and flat-bottom plates as well as 384-well microtiter plates.
BD™ Plate Manager software allows you to create customized delivery protocols to be used repeatedly with user-defined mixing, wash, and analysis parameters. (The BD High Throughput Sampler option and BD Plate Manager are for Research Use Only)
Efficient residual white blood cell enumerationThe BD Leucocount™ system is the first automated, IVD-cleared product for monitoring leucoreduced blood products. Together with BD Trucount™ tubes and BD Leucocount process controls, the BD Leucocount system provides excellent accuracy, precision, and linearity. For high-throughput walkaway capability, the BD FACS Loader can also be added to your base BD FACSCalibur system.
BD Leucocount kit The BD Leucocount system provides excellent accuracy, precision, and linearity at clinically significant levels of detection for RBC (red) and platelet (blue) samples.
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ImmunophenotypingCharacterizing cells at different stages of development through the use of fluorescent-labeled monoclonal anti-bodies against surface markers is one of the most common applications of flow cytometry. The BD FACSCalibur system provides multicolor capability in an easy-to-use system. Instrument setup is as easy as the push of a button and a click of the mouse. Efficient collection optics, coupled to the flow cell with an optical gel, permit the use of a low-powered, air-cooled argon laser and a red diode laser to ensure the high sensitivity required for analysis of low-density antigens.
Accurate absolute counts with BD Trucount technology BD Trucount tubes make single-platform absolute counting easy—no syringes, additional pipetting steps, or need to integrate data from another analyzer. Designed for use with clinical products such as BD Multitest™ and BD Tritest™ lymphocyte subsetting reagents, BD Leucocount rWBC assay kit, BD Trucount tubes bring precision to cell counts and improved productivity. For research applications, BD liquid counting beads are also avail-able within the BD Cell Viability kit for quick estimations of cell cultures or bacterial con-centrations. (The BD Cell Viability kit is for Research Use Only)
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D A T A M A N A G E M E N T
Delivering results with a powerful, easy-to-use data management system
The BD FACSCalibur system is appreciated for its user-friendly design, high sample throughput, improved workflow management through automation, and simple yet sophisticated software applications that enhance routine analyses.
While performing any of a wide range of supported applications, the BD FACSCalibur system provides the tools to obtain results quickly, easily, and accurately.
The ease-of-use of the BD FACSCalibur system is enhanced by the BD FACStation™ data management system that has become one of the most popular, user-friendly data management systems in flow cytometry. The BD FACStation system automates many software functions and delivers high-performance acquisition and analysis tools for creating plots, gating, statistical analysis, and reporting.
The BD FACStation workstation takes advantage of the intuitive Mac® environment by using simple pull-down menus and icons. It performs all the computing tasks required for fast, accurate results including instrument setup, as well as data collection, analysis, and management.
A comprehensive quality assurance systemBD Biosciences offers a complete family of products designed to ensure the highest quality clinical results from the BD FACSCalibur system. BD FACSComp™ software, in conjunction with BD Calibrite™ beads, provides a comprehensive system to set up the instrument, assess sensitivity, and set compensation for immunofluorescence applications. For clinical applications, BD Biosciences offers a wide variety of cellular controls to verify performance for immunophenotyping, reticulocyte analysis, stem cell enumeration, and rWBC applications.
DNA AnalysisThe BD FACSCalibur system works together with BD DNA analysis quality control products to eliminate many of the variables asso-ciated with ploidy and cell-cycle analysis. The instrument’s optical and fluidic design ensures that high-resolution DNA ploidy and S-phase determinations are easy to achieve. Electronic doublet discrimination, using the area and width of the fluorescence pulse, allows for the removal of artifacts—doublets and aggregates—from the analysis. High-resolution electronics and linearity ensure accurate results. To ensure optimal performance, BD DNA QC products, including fixed cells and fluorescent particles, can be used for setup, verification of the doublet discrimination module, and monitoring daily operation. (BD DNA Analysis products are for Research Use Only)
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BD Cytometric Bead Array assaysThe BD FACSCalibur flow cytometer can be used to acquire data from BD Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) multiplexed assays. These assays are powerful, flexible tools that simultaneously quantify multiple cytokine, chemokine, immunoglobulin,
or cell signaling targets from a single sample. Choose from preconfigured kits for maximum convenience in screening routine panels of Th1/Th2 or inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, or build your own multiplex assay using the open and configurable BD CBA Flex Set format.
For all of their power, BD CBA assays are fast and remarkably easy to use. Pre-optimized protocols and one-step detection reagents minimize hands-on time and maximize reproducibility. (BD Cytometric Bead Array assays are for Research Use Only)
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BDISHLA-B27 Laboratory Report
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Cytometer: FACSCalibur (E0073)
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Data Set [ 1 ] Data File: Fl-0905.02
Abs Cnt Bd Lot ID: 99557 Attr Def File: 3/8/45/4 MLT/TruC v2.0
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