Scan® 4000 Ultra HD Automatic Colony Counter

Scan 4000 is an ultra HD automatic colony counter and inhibition zone reader. Adapted to all sizes of Petri dishes and media, its lighting system guarantees a great user comfort, high accuracy and excellent reproducibility.

HIGH QUALITY - Stainless steel body - Ultra HD CCD colour camera - Digital zoom x 69 - Resolution: 5 megapixels - Counting time: up to 1000 colonies per second - Minimum size of colony: 0.05 mm.

THE LARGEST READING RANGE ON THE MARKET - Counting on round Petri dishes Ø 55 to 150 mm - Counting on 120 mm square Petri dishes - Counting on: PetriFilmTM, MC-Media PadsTM, Compact DryTM, filtration membranes, chromogenic dishes.

UNEQUALLED LIGHTING - 360° LED lighting, without reflection or shadow of the dish with White LED Dome technology - Ultra HD CCD 5 megapixels camera, detects bare eye invisible details - Beam Splitter to ensure lighting 100% without reflections or shadows - Automatic detection of the dish + reading on 100% of the dish.

SOFTWARE EFFICIENCY - Automatic optimization of the contrast, luminosity and sensitivity - Automatic corrections of the agar defects - Automatic separation of confluent colonies - Creation of polygonal exclusion zones - Pre-set medias: Pca/Tsa, Mrs, Vrbl/Vrbg, Tbx, Tsc, Baird Parker, Gvpc Bcye, YM, Rapid L.Mono, Rapid Entero, Rhapsody, Compass cereus, PetriFilmTM, MC-Media PadsTM, Compact DryTM.

FULL TRACEABILITY - Automatic archiving and printing of data: pictures, comments & results - Traceability: Session archived and saved, Excel™, PDF, JPEG, BMP, Scan printed report, barcode, file archive, LIMS connection - Securization of the sessions (Compliance with 21 CFR part 11: system securization, operational controls and documentation management).

EXCELLENT REPRODUCIBILITY AND REPEATABILITY - GLP (Good laboratory Practice) - The Scan 4000 counts with up to 98 % accuracy in a constant and repeatable way Scan SOFTWARE Scan automatic colony counters use an exclusive software developped by INTERSCIENCE: evolutive, user-friendly and powerful.

There are numerous advantages in using Scan counting software:

- Only one clic to count - Only one setting cursor - Traceability: automatic saving of data, Excel™ export

VISUALISATION WINDOW - Detected colonies are highlighted and marked with a cross.

PARAMETERS WINDOW - Only one cursor to optimize counting. customizable settings adaptable to any kind of agar.

RESULTS WINDOW - All previously recorded data can be checked anytime.

EASY DATA EXPORT - Work sessions saving - Scan printed report - Results exported to Excel™ - PDF export - JPEG, BMP export.