Cell Counting Equipment

Accurate, reproducible counts of cultured cells or cells dissociated from solid tissues are essential for monitoring proliferation rate and cell health, analyzing transformation or immortalization success, and seeding for continued propagation or downstream experiments.

Traditional manual methods like hemocytometry that rely on visual counts may be appropriate in some high-risk settings. Though widely accessible, hemocytometry is low-throughput; relies on technician accuracy in mixing, pipetting, and calculation; may use biohazardous dyes; and relies on the manual transcription of data. Automated cell counters provide a higher-throughput alternative to hemocytometry, but most automated cell counters also use vision-based technology to extrapolate counts from small samples, and typically require dyes, dedicated reagents, or both.

Millipore^® engineering has made the Scepter™ 3.0 counter easier to use with design enhancements:

• Wireless transmission of data from instrument to printer or lab workstation
• A USB port that allows easy, error-free data access & transfer
• Mounts anywhere for storage and charging
• Ergonomic placement of controls for sustained, fatigue-free use
• A larger, easier-to-read display

Millicell^® Disposable Hemocytometer 

The original hemocytometer was designed to count blood cells and is traditionally a thick glass slide with chamber of precise volume and a gridded glass surface that enables the microscopic counting of cells per a volume of fluid. When high-risk samples must be counted, a disposable hemocytometer protects the lab by eliminating the need to clean and reuse fragile and potentially dangerous glass hemocytometers and coverslips. The Millicell^® disposable hemocytometer is made of quartz-grade optical plastic and works just like the familiar Neubauer counting chamber.  Eliminate the need to handle coverslips and disinfect counting equipment by disposing of single-use hemocytometers into biohazardous waste.