UV sterilization technique employed by the SANYO incubator is equally effective against contamination as conventional high heat sterilization over a range of +90°C to +140°C.
January 25, 2007
In 2001 SANYO Electric Biomedical Co., Ltd. introduced a cell culture CO2 incubator that employs an isolated narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet light to destroy airborne contaminants in the incubator chamber, as well as water-borne organisms in the humidity water reservoir. In 2006, comparative testing commissioned by SANYO and performed by a certified independent testing laboratory confirms that the SANYO ultraviolet light sterilization process is as effective against bacteria, yeasts and molds as high heat sterilization at sustained temperatures ranging from +90°C to +140°C offered in competitive products. Additionally, the latest SANYO release, Model MCO-18AIC-UV, maintains an optimum cell culture environment in vitro through a process of "Active Background Contamination Control, which a heat sterilization technique cannot replicate.
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