MicroTools™ for Sample Manipulation, Kit 2

We separated out of the sample manipulator tools in Kit 1, modified and made them more durable. The tips of these tools are 18µm thick, so they generate more background x-ray scatter in x-ray beam than the tool in Kit 1, however, they still far less background compared to other source of tools making)

Kit consists of:

• 2x MicroTip™: Two each 25 and 50 micrometer diameter tips. Use to poke, separate and lift samples. Also use to reposition sample on a MicroMount or MicroMesh. Shape is designed to minimize disturbance of surrounding liquid, while not scarifying tip rigidity.
• 3x MicroSpoon™: Two Small and one Large sizes. Use to push, detach from surfaces, separate from a cluster, lift and transfer. Push down to flatten tip and slide under your sample.
• 3x MicroChisel™ : Two Small and one Large sizes. Use to push, detach from surfaces, separate from a cluster, lift and transfer. Push down to flatten tip and slide under your sample.
• 4x MicroLasso™: Two Small and Large sizes. Use like a loop and lasso, pull and detach a sample from a surface.
• 6x MicroSieve™: Two Small, two Medium and Large sizes. Use to sieve samples out of solution, and to lift, transfer and soak.
• 2x MicroSaw™: Two saws. Use in conjunction with a needle to cut and remove protein skins, gel, dense lipid phases and soft tissues from around your sample.
• 1x Handle

These patent-pending MicroTools™ have tips made from soft, flexible microfabricated polymer films. The curvature of the tips gives them rigidity, but they can still easily be flexed. Tools designed for use with samples from a few micrometers to millimeter in size. These tools will cause far less damage to fragile samples than metal tools, and they are optically and x-ray transparent. Each tool is mounted on a 0,64 mm diameter nonmagnetic solid stainless steel rod. Hold them in a standard 0,7 mm mechanical pencil (included with each kit), or in a micromanipulator for easy handling.

General Use: MicroTools™ are used for manipulation and measurement of samples with sizes from a few micrometers to 1 mm in protein and small molecule crystallography, cell biology, histology, clinical diagnostics, entomology, archaeology and art restoration.