EmbryoScope time-lapse incubator
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11 Technical specifications
Additional information on the specifications is found under the respective sections in this manual.
Incubator:
• Capacity: 6 EmbryoSlide culture dishes containing 12 embryos each, i.e. 72 embryos in
total.
• Temperature range: 7°C above ambient temperature (although never lower than 30°C),
maximum 45°C. The temperature set point can be adjusted in steps of 0.1°C.
• Temperature accuracy during incubation: +/- 0.1°C.
• CO
2
range: 2-10%. The CO
2
set point can be adjusted in steps of 0.1%.
• CO
2
accuracy: +/- 0.2%.
• O
2
range: 5-20%. The O
2
set point can be adjusted in steps of 0.1%.
• O
2
accuracy: +/- 0.3%.
• Recovery times when the load door is closed after a 30-second load door opening:
o Temperature, measured in the medium inside the EmbryoSlide culture dish: < 5
minutes
o CO
2
concentration, measured when the CO
2
concentration set point is 5% and the
N
2
regulation is turned off: < 5 minutes
o CO
2
concentration, measured when the CO
2
and O
2
concentration set points are
both 5%: < 5 minutes
o O
2
concentration, measured when the CO
2
and O
2
concentration set points are both
5%: < 15 minutes.
Alarms and information signals:
• Warning alarms (communicated to the external alarm system):
o Immediately displayed on the control panel when the temperature deviates by +/-
0.5 from the set point.
o Displayed on the control panel after 3 minutes when the CO
2
concentration deviates
by +/- 1% from the set point.
o Displayed on the control panel after 2 minutes when the CO
2
pressure is less than
0.2 bar.
o Displayed on the control panel after 5 minutes when the O
2
concentration deviates
by +/- 1% from the set point.
o Displayed on the control panel after 2 minutes when the N
2
pressure is less than 0.2
bar.
• Incubator malfunction alarm (communicated to the external alarm system):
o Malfunction or power failure of the unit that controls the running conditions of the
EmbryoScope time-lapse incubator.
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