MidaScan and MidaScan - Model IR -Dual-Channel Confocal Scanner

MIDASCAN™ AND MIDASCAN-IR™ DUAL-CHANNEL SCANNER PRODUCTS FOR IMAGING TISSUES, CELLS, AND SEROLOGY ASSAYS ON MICROARRAYS

• Provides NIR (700-800 nm) imaging and detection system with unprecedented high signal-to-background ratio (~ 4.5 logs)

MidaScan™ is a confocal imager for Cy3 and Cy5 channels in the visible spectrum.

MidaScan-IR™ combined with MidaScan™ provides high performance, large area confocal imaging in the 570 nm (Cy3), 670 nm (Cy5), 700 nm, and 800 nm fluorescence emission channels.

Combined with pGOLD™ slides, the platform affords 5-100 fold enhancement in signal/noise in the 500-900 nm range compared to conventional glass based slides.

Key benefits of the pGOLD™ Microarray Scanner Platform include:

• Excellent detection sensitivity for cytokines, cell/tissue imaging, antibodies and antigens, protein microarray assays, and DNA/RNA

• Custom Assay development for high-sensitivity assays

• Requires ultra-low sample volume (

• Suitable for different sample matrices (whole blood, serum, and saliva)

• Reverse-phase protein assays

• Test up to 14 samples on one slide, 10-20 biomarkers per sample simultaneously

• Broad dynamic range (6 logs or larger)

PGOLD™ APPLICATIONS WITH MIDASCAN™AND MIDASCAN-IR™

Application areas include DNA, RNA, and Protein Microarrays, cell/tissue imaging, Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Single Molecule Imaging, ELISPOT, and Western Blot. 

Nirmidas provides all-inclusive kits, which may include dye-labeled detection antibodies, standard controls, diluents, and pGOLD™ biochips.

Other Applications

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH), Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP), Immunofluorescence Assays, Cellular Assays and more.