Electronics, Optics, Fluidics – Luminex FLEXMAP 3D User Manual User Manual
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Electronics
USB 2.0-compatible communications link for fast data transfer
Input voltage range: 100-120 V~, 6.0 A, 50/60 Hz or, 200-240 V~, 3.0 A, 50-60 Hz
Optics
Reporter channel detection:
A/D resolution 16 bits
Reporter channel dynamic
range:
≥ 4.5 decades of detection (verified with beads dyed with high levels
of organic dyes)
Reporter laser:
532 nm, nominal output 15.0+5%/-0% mW, diode-pumped; mode of
operation, continuous wave (CW); maximum output power 50 mW
Classification laser:
638 nm, nominal output 12.0 to 12.5 mW, diode; mode of operation,
continuous wave (CW); maximum output power 15 mW
Reporter detector:
Photomultiplier tube, detection bandwidth of 565 to 585 nm
Classification detector:
Avalanche photo diodes with temperature compensation
Doublet discrimination
detector:
Avalanche photo diodes with temperature compensation
Fluidics
Cuvette:
200 micron square flow channel
Sample injection rate:
2μL/second
Sample uptake volume:
20 to 200μL
Sheath flow rate:
7.9 (+/- 0.9) mL/min
Sheath pressure:
8 to 13 psi for normal operations; 15 psi maximum
Microspheres
Distinguishes 1 to 500 unique xMAP microspheres in a single sample
Classification of xMAP
microspheres:
≥ 80%
Total system
misclassification of xMap
microspheres:
≤ 4%
Internal sample carryover:
< 1.5%
Detects a minimum of 500 fluorochromes of phycoerythrin (PE) per xMAP microsphere
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