ChemoMetec NC-250 - Manual (Page 22)

2 Cell analysis with the NucleoCounter®
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2.1 The NucleoCounter® NC-250™ instrument
The NucleoCounter® NC-250™ is shown in the figure below.
Figure 1. NucleoCounter® NC-250™
2.1.1 Fluorescence microscope
The NucleoCounter® NC-250™ is a fluorescent microscope with a magnification of
approximately x1.75. It is equipped with 3 light sources. It has a dual-band emission filter.
The types of sample medias that can be placed in the sample tray are:

NC-Slide A2

NC-Slide A8
A number of different analyses can be run on the NucleoCounter® NC-250™. All of them
are documented in application notes describing the protocol to be used for the analysis.
The basis of all these protocols is to provide the operator with a set-up to perform an
extremely advanced analysis in a very simple manner so that all personnel can be trained
in a very short time.
The NucleoCounter® NC-250™ runs together with the NucleoView™ 250 software, which
can be installed on a PC having Windows XP (Service Pack 3) or Windows 7 operating
systems and USB 2.0 ports. See the Help Menu in the NucleoView™ 250 software and the
“Install_Guide” file on the supplied USB Flash drive for the list of PC Specifications.
Sample Tray
Run (top) and Eject
keys
PC with NucleoView™
NC-250™ analysis
software
Slides and reagents