Table of contents
991-0251 Rev. 1.4 September-2020
Table of contents
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY - EXAMPLE ......................................................................III
WEEE DIRECTIVE INFORMATION –EUROPE ONLY ..............................................................IV
INTRODUCTION AND INTENDED USE .................................................................................V
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS ........................................................................................VI
1INSPECTION, UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT ....................................3
1.1 OPERATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE NUCLEOCOUNTER®NC-250™..................................3
2CELL ANALYSIS WITH NUCLEOCOUNTER® NC-250™...................................................... 4
2.1 THE NUCLEOCOUNTER®NC-250™ INSTRUMENT ............................................................ 4
2.1.1 Fluorescence microscope .............................................................................. 5
2.1.2 Sample tray.................................................................................................. 5
2.2 SAMPLE SLIDES ....................................................................................................... 5
3BUTTONS, LED INDICATOR AND PC CONTROL .............................................................. 7
3.1 INTERACTIVE CONTROLS ............................................................................................ 7
4START-UP ..................................................................................................................8
4.1 POWER ON,POWER OFF ............................................................................................ 8
4.1.1 Starting the instrument ................................................................................ 9
5OPERATION OF NUCLEOCOUNTER® NC-250™ ............................................................ 10
5.1 READY MODE ....................................................................................................... 10
5.2 INSERTING AND REMOVING THE SLIDE ......................................................................... 10
5.3 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS ...................................................................................... 11
5.4 PROTECTION OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEM ......................................................................... 11
6NUCLEOVIEW™ NC-250™.......................................................................................... 12
7MAINTENANCE OF NUCLEOCOUNTER® NC-250™ ....................................................... 13
7.1 CLEANING ........................................................................................................... 13
7.1.1 Instrument enclosure .................................................................................. 13
7.1.2 Sample tray................................................................................................ 13
7.1.3 Removing dust particles ............................................................................. 13
7.1.4 Liquid spill ................................................................................................. 14
7.2 DECONTAMINATION ............................................................................................... 14
8TROUBLESHOOTING: ERROR MESSAGES .................................................................... 15
8.1 REQUIRED HARD DISK SPACE FOR DATA STORAGE ........................................................... 15
8.2 POWER-ON FAILURE ............................................................................................... 15
9TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................... 17
9.1 THE NUCLEOCOUNTER®NC-250™............................................................................ 17
9.2 SAMPLE MEDIA ..................................................................................................... 18
9.3 EU STANDARDS..................................................................................................... 18
