Flexcell® Culture Plates

Our culture plates are rigorously tested and guaranteed to be of the highest quality matrix-coated, untreated silastic, or plastic culture plates. They provide the ability to exercise cells in culture using flexible bottom plates with real time results achieving a more natural environment in vitro.

Choose from FIVE different matrix coatings and SEVEN different types of culture plates each sterilized by gamma radiation.

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BioFlex® Culture Plates

Works with the FX-4000T Flexcell® Tension Plus system to provide a mechanical load regimen to your cells.


BioFlex®

Features:
  • 6-well culture plate with total growth surface area of 57.75 cm2
  • Optically clear for direct viewing of cells with inverted or upright microscopes
  • Covalently bound matrix surfaces: Amino, Collagen (Type I or IV), Elastin, Pronectin® (RGD), and Laminin (YIGSR)
  • Available individually or by the case of 40
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BioPress Compression Plates

Works with the FX-4000C Flexcell® Compression Plus System to simulate biological compression conditions using pressure to deform tissue samples or cells cultured in a matrix.


BioPress

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Features:
  • Uses positive pressure to compress samples between a piston and stationary platen on the BioPress culture plate yielding up to 14 lbs. of force.
  • Available individually or by the case of 40
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Tissue Train® Culture Plate

Works with the FX4000T Tissue Train® system to create linear, tethered 3-D cell-seeded gel constructs and to provide uniaxial cyclic strain to cells in a gel matrix.


Tissue Train®

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Features:
  • Mix cells in a 3-D collagen gel in a novel Trough Loader mold device, allowing cells to attach to collagen fibrils.
  • Apply a load regimen of uniaxial cyclic strain to the gel and cells using a Flexcell® Tissue Train® system.
  • Matrix bonded nylon mesh anchors for improved cell attachment.
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StageFlexer®, StagePresser, and FlexFlow Membranes

Flexible growth surfaces that are individually packaged free membranes for the StageFlexer®, StagePresser, or FlexFlow dynamic culture products.


StageFlexer® Membranes

Features:
  • Applications consistent with BioFlex® culture plates.
  • Membrane is clear for direct viewing of cells.
  • Membranes are in a closed SpillGuard® culture dish to maintain sterility even after outer packaging is opened.
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UniFlex® Series Culture Plate

Works with the FX-4000 Tissue Train® systems to provide uniaxial strain to cells in monolayer culture.


UniFlex®

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Features:
  • Uniaxial strain applied to a strain field represented by a 0.6" wide x 0.952' (3.68 cm2) long centrally located rectangular region
  • ArcTangle Loading Stations are required for correct application of uniaxial strain (information located in Tech Report link below)
  • Covalently bound extracellular matrix surfaces such as Collagen Type I, Elastin, Pronectin®, Laminin, Amino, as well as untreated are available
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Culture Slips® Microscope Slides and Coverslips

Works with the Streamer® and FlexFlow systems. Each slip is matrix treated to promote cell attachment.


Culture Slips®

Features:
  • Culture Slips® are available in two sizes: 75 mm x 25 mm x 1.0 mm (for Streamer® or FlexFlow), 75 mm x 24 mm x 0.2 mm (for FlexFlow only).
  • The 25 mm x 75 mm x 1.0 mm Culture Slips® are rimmed with a 1.0 mm wide Teflon® border to help limit cell culture growth to the portion of the slip exposed to fluid flow.
  • Available with covalently bound extra cellular matrix surfaces such as Collagen Type I, Elastin, Pronectin®, Laminin, Amino, as well as untreated.
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Flex I® Series Culture Plate

Elastomer-bottomed culture plates for culturing cells in a standard (Flex I®) baseplate using the FX-2000 through the FX-4000T Tension Plus Systems. There are also Flex II® and Flex III® and SurFlex I® and II® series plates available. Contact us for more information on these plates.


Flex I®

Features:
  • Smaller 25 mm wells conserve medium and cells.
  • Entire well membrane can be readily removed for morphologic or biochemical analyses.
  • Covalently bound matrix surfaces: Amino, Collagen (Type I or IV), Elastin, Pronectin®, Laminin (YIGSR)
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BioFlex® Loading Stations

Provide equibiaxial strain (uniform radial and circumferential strain) to cells cultured on BioFlex® membranes.


BioFlex® Loading Station

Features:
  • Comprised of a Lexan® plate with six individually removable Delrin® planar cylinders (25 mm diameter)
  • Plates are positioned on the BioFlex® baseplate such that each post is centered beneath each 35 mm well of a BioFlex® culture plate, and the cylinder top is flush with the membrane
  • Larger diameter posts (28 mm and 31 mm) that yield lower strain ranges are available upon request
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FlexStop for BioFlex® Loading Stations

A reusable valved rubber stopper that inserts into the underside of a BioFlex® culture plate well to prevent vacuum-induced deformation.


FlexStop

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Features:
  • Provides a convenient negative control when testing mechanical load effects on cells in the same BioFlex® culture plate
  • Designed to work in conjunction with the BioFlex® culture plates and Loading Stations
  • Also works with Tissue Train® and UniFlex® culture plates.
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