Portable Incubator For Production Scale Roller Systems

The Breeder™ soft-sided, portable incubator, for use with large scale, multiple deck roller culture systems, is a less expensive alternative to standard hard-sided incubators. Space is utilized flexibly in the cell culture laboratory. With a temperature control range of 5 C above ambient to 60 C, the unit can be used to keep cells warm while preparing a series of cultures for transport to a warm room or incubator. The researcher can work with cells at a convenient location without having an incubator nearby. The Breeder consists of temperature sensors, heaters and fans, and encloses the roller rack cell culture unit in flexible plastic and insulating materials. It is easily placed over a full deck roller culture unit and secured. For convenient storage simply collapse the side, fold the unit, and place in the compact storage case. The confluency of the Breeder compares favorably with that of a standard hard-sided incubator.