Serum Inspissator for TB Labs Model Inspi.S

We manufacture two models of inspissators to handle different sample loads.
One is a high capacity Inspi.Max that handles up to 600 universal containers/MacCartney bottles in one load.
The other Inspi.S is lower capacity model that can inspissate about 200 bottles.
- ONLY ZENITH INSPISSATORS ARE SUCCESSFUL FOR INSPISSATION OF LJ MEDIA USED FOR TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION.
- WE USE FULL STAINLESS STEEL CONSTRUCTION (NO MILD STEEL OR BRASS).
- TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND INSPISSATION PROCESS ARE AS PER WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION PROCEDURES.
The inspissator has been designed and manufactured by us in close collaboration with scientists of Indian Council of Medical Research. It's a low cost instrument, yet can handle more than 600 universal bottles at one go. Its fitted with automatic controllers designed specially for inspissation.
We have supplied these to many UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES and WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION programs in different countries.
PARTIAL USER LIST OUTSIDE INDIA:
1. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Iran = 13 units
2. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Russia = 1 unit
3. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Turkmenistan = 1 unit
4. AMEX GmbH, Austria = 5 units
5. VWR, Indonesia. = 1 unit
6. National TB Control Program, Pakistan = 12 units
7. Federal Department of Health, Federal Secretariat, Abuja, Nigeria. = 2 units
8. World Health Organisation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. = 1 unit
9. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Bolivia = 10 units
10. Quality Medical Sciences, Dammam, Saudi Arabia = 1 unit
11. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Turkmenistan. = 4 units (repeat)
12. Pt. Petan Daya Medika, Indonesia. = 1 unit
13. Medical Export Group, Netherlands = 1 unit
14. Ideal Medical Products Engineering, France = 8 units
PARTIAL USER LIST IN INDIA:
1. National JALMA Institute For Leprosy And Other Mycobacterial Diseases, ICMR, Agra
2. Desert Medicine Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jodhpur
3. SMS Medical College, Jaipur
4. Centre for Genomics, Gwalior
5. Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata
6. State TB Health Centre, Nagpur
7. Subharti Medical College, Meerut
8. Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok
9. National Institute of Biologicals, Govt. of India, Delhi
10. NS Medical College, Kolkata
11. Medical College, Midnapore, WB
12. Stanley Browne Lab, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, Delhi
13. Sathyabama University, Chennai
14. National JALMA Institute For Leprosy And Other Mycobacterial Diseases, ICMR, Agra
A single wire tray of stainless steel is immersed in the inspissator's water tank such that water just touches the bottom of the tray. The tray has a set of slopes to provide an angle of 8-10 degree to the media containers.
Capacity of unit is 165 universal containers / McCartney bottles (27x85mm), 165 test tubes, 370 glass bijou vials. Loading in two layers can increase capacity to 200 bottles and containers. Blanket and quilt can be put on top of bottles, but we have designed the inspissator in such a way that, it is not really needed.
The temperature controller is microprocessor based with 16x2 backlit LCD that displays actual and set temperature, along with time.
Temperature display is 0.1C, stability is +/- 0.2C, uniformity is +/- 0.5C at 37C. Temperature range for the controller is from 5C to 100C. Control range for the inpissator is from ambient+5C to 100C and inpissation is normally done at a working temperature of 85C.
Tank capacity is about 50 litres. Nominal filling capacity is 45 litres. A constant water level setup ensures that the heaters never run dry and water loss due to evaporation is refilled.