Custom Environmental Chamber

Rhodamine labeled 200nm liposomes and live unlabeled Fibroblast.

The CytoViva environmental chamber supports high resolution, long-term studies of live cells, while enabling real-time, simultaneous observation of fluorescent and non-fluorescent sample portions.

Manufactured by Warner Instruments, the CytoViva environmental chamber is a modified version of the Warner RC-30 Confocal chamber. This modification supports oil immersion contact with the CytoViva high resolution illumination system as well as an oil immersion microscope objective.

The CytoViva system supports all traditional environmental chamber applications including perfusion, temperature control and gasses. Operating as a closed bath system, the CytoViva compatible chamber works with both inverted and upright research grade microscopes.

Now researchers can observe, track and image the interactions between live cells and other elements such as fluorescently labeled nano-particles and bacteria. These observations can be made over hours or even days.

Traditional cell biology and neuroscience applications are also supported by this system.
With the CytoViva system and environmental chamber you can observe fluorescently labeled cellular components simultaneously with the unlabeled portions of the cell.

The CytoViva Environmental Chamber can also be utilized as a fully functional micro-fluidics platform supporting applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering and layer assembly of nano-materials.