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NovoCyte Quanteon Technical Specifications
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Appendix B: NovoCyte Quanteon Technical
Specifications
This chapter provides technical specifications of NovoCyte Quanteon flow
cytometer and associated standard accessories.
NovoCyte Quanteon Technical Specifications
Table 15 NovoCyte Quanteon Technical Specifications
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Optics
Laser
Solid state laser with on-board thermal-electric
cooling and guaranteed thermal stability and
beam quality
Laser Power
100 mW
Laser Beam Profile
10 x 60 µm elliptical beam
Optical Alignment Procedure
Fixed, no operator alignment required
Fluorescence Detection
Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) with high photon
detection efficiency; Individual photodetector for
each channel
FSC/SSC Sensitivity
FSC: 0.4 µm; SSC: 0.1 µm
Fluorescence Resolution
<3% CV for CEN
Optical Filters
User exchangeable, “Smart” filter automatically
read by the system
Cell Size
0.1 - 50 µm
Fluidics
Flow Cell
170 x 290 µm rectangular quartz flow cell
Sample Acquisition Rate
100,000 events/second
Sample Delivery
Positive-displacement syringe pump enabling
direct absolute count without the need for
reference counting beads.
Volumetric Absolute Count
Precision
< 5%