SKYSCAN MICRO-CT support products · 2016-02-23 · SKYSCAN MICRO-CT SUPPORT PRODUCTS October 7, 2010 Page 2 of 18 1. Sample holders, ex vivo scanners (1172, 1173, 1174) Special object

SKYSCAN MICRO-CT SUPPORT PRODUCTS October 7, 2010

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SkyScan micro-CT support products

Introduction

SkyScan supply a range of support products to assist users and distributors – all involved with micro-CT scanning with SkyScan

instruments – with every practical aspect of micro-CT scanning. This includes sample preparation, mounting of samples in ex vivo

and in vivo scanners, and accessories for in vivo scanning. This list does not however include the four special stages with embedded

microprocessor controllers (material testing stage, cooling stage, heating stage and the micro-positioning stage).

Several new items are featured including a set of vertical plastic tube holders for the 1172 and 1174 scanners, a special large object

holder for the 1173 scanner, and a mechanical gripping holder (“spider”) for all ex vivo scanners.

These products will significantly assist users in the mounting of samples for scanning.

Users should be aware that stable and symmetrical mounting of samples for scanning will enhance the quality and repeatability of

scans and scan analysis results.

Other products in this range include alignment pins (different for all scanners), calibration phantoms for bone mineral density

(BMD), tissue density phantoms for in vivo scanning and the aluminium thickness measurement phantom.


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1. Sample holders, ex vivo scanners (1172, 1173, 1174)

Special object holders

Item no.

Item Description Image Price

SP-1001 Tube Holder Set Set of plastic tube sample holders, various diameters, supported by a metal base. Tubes are 8 cm high, with internal diameters of (approx.) 6, 10, 15, 20 mm. Includes: metal base, 2 large screws (base to scanner), 4 small screws (tube to base), 4 plastic tubes, 4 plastic lids, Allen key (for set-screws), Phillips screw driver.

Refer to your distributor or SkyScan

Extra tubes for Tube Holder Set

Tubes are 8 cm high, with internal diameters of (approx.) 6, 10, 15, 20 mm. Tubes are provided with plastic lids. Tubes plus lids are supplied in batches of 5.

SP-1002 Tube set (x5), 6mm

Set of 5 tubes 6mm inner diameter, with lids See above, 1st from right



Set of 5 tubes 10mm inner diameter, with lids See above, 2nd from right


Set of 5 tubes 15mm inner diameter, with lids See above, 2nd from left


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Item no.



Set of 5 tubes 20mm inner diameter, with lids See above, 1st from left


Sp-1006 Screws for Tube Holders

Set of 4 screws (Phillips type) to fix holder tubes on to the metal base.

SP-1007 Bone multi-samples stage set

Stage with 8 cylinder columns for multiple batch scanning of small bones


SP-1008 Bone multi-samples stage – extra tube

Extra plastic batch holder tube for bone multi-samples stage



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Item no.


SP-0009

Large Sample Chamber, SkyScan 1173

Plastic-walled cylinder mounted on a metal base for holding large samples for scanning in the SkyScan 1173.

Includes: Chamber, screw-adjustable lid, screw-driver.


SP-1010 “Spider” object mount

Mount with screw-adjustable fingers to hold objects of variable geometry. Each “finger” is screw-adjusted to obtain a grip on any object including objects with irregular and asymmetric geometry.



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Brass sample trays

Item no.


SP-1101-SP-1103

Brass rod sample bases

Brass rod stands for small samples: at the top is a recessed tray with rim. Typically modelling clay or wax is used to affix the sample.

SP-1101 Brass rod Base with 4mm diam., length 5.5 cm (1, above image) Refer to your

distributor or SkyScan SP-1102 Brass rod Base with 4mm diam., length 4.7 cm (2, above image)

SP-1103 Brass rod Base with 5mm diam., length 4 cm (3, above image)

SP-1104- SP-1108

Brass tray sample base

Brass stages for larger samples, circular with peripheral rim. These can be used to mount a wide range of samples, in conjunction with a mounting material such as dental wax (SP-2000) or a suitable plasticine or modelling clay (of a type that does not harden in air and is stable at high temperatures inside a scanner).

SP-1104 Brass tray Base with 65mm diameter (1, above image)




SP-1107 Brass tray Base with 28mm diameter with conical shape; designed for 1174 (but can be used for 1172 also)

(4, above image)



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Item no.


SP-1109 Rotary nut for sample stage mount

Rotary nut for stage mounting in the 1172, 1173 and 1174 scanners


Special ex vivo sample mounts

SP-1201 Plastic tube mount (small) for particulates

Plastic tube mount with a well for particulate or other low density material requiring containment. With well dimensions 4mm diameter, 8mm depth


SP-1202 Plastic tube mount (large) for particulates

Plastic tube mount with a well for particulate or other low density material requiring containment. With well dimensions of 20mm diameter, 10mm depth


SP-1203 Clip holders for thin samples, SkyScan 1172

Clip holder for thin samples, SkyScan 1172/1174. This can be used to hold samples such as paper, fabrics, and any material that is thin and flat requiring support for high resolution scanning without outer containment. Diameter 4mm.



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Item no.


SP-1204 Cryo tubes Cryo tubes, 10mm inner diameter, length 86mm, for sample mounting. Boxes each containing 5 bags with 60 tubes.


Sp-1205 Brass spigot for cryo tube

Brass spigot to fit cryo tube to 1172/3/4 sample mounting nut



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Alignment pins, ex vivo

Item no.


SP-1301-1303

Alignment pins 1172 / 1173 / 1174

Alignment pins for the 1172, 1173 and 1174 scanners

SP-1301 Alignment pin 1174

Alignment pin for the 1174: length 58mm, pin diameter 2mm

(above image - 1)



Alignment pin for the 1172:length 57mm, pin diameter 2mm

(above image - 2)


Alignment pin for the 1173: length 205mm, pin diameter 2mm

(above image - 3)


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2. Sample mounting accessories

Item no.


SP-2001 Dental soft wax for moulded sample mounting

Master extra soft utility wax from Kindt-Collins, USA. Red wax, soft enough for moulding by hand, good stability and retains shape at high scanner temperatures. Can be used for animal leg mounting (e.g. rat, mouse) in 1076 / 1176.

Order direct from Kindt-Collins, see details

below*


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3. In vivo scanner beds and accessories

SkyScan 1076

Item no.


SP-3001 SkyScan 1076 carbon fiber beds

SkyScan 1076 carbon fiber beds with mounting blocks: small (30mm) The bed for scanning mice, and small samples. It is well suited for batch scans of multiple small samples, including bones. Mounting of samples is assisted by use of polystyrene foam tubes (see below. Endplate and pin not included.)


SP-3002 SkyScan 1076 carbon fiber beds

SkyScan 1076 carbon fiber beds with mounting blocks: large (60mm) The bed for scanning rats, guinea pigs, or large samples. Inner diameter is 61mm.


SP-3003 SkyScan 1076 aluminium bed

50mm aluminium bed, short (1076); for mounting polystyrene foam half-tubes (outer diameter 50mm, inner diameter 30mm) for mouse body scanning. The price for only the bed is mentioned here. The 50mm aluminium bed fits in the same mounting block as the 60mm carbon fiber bed.



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Item no.


SP-3010 Set with end ring for mounting rat leg plastic tubes

Set with end ring for mounting rat leg plastic tubes, 17mm and 23mm end diameter tubes. The aluminium mounting ring is attached with the same Allen screws as the end plate (with alignment pin) for the 60mm carbon fiber bed.



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SkyScan 1178

Item no.


SP-3101 SkyScan 1178 75mm carbon bed

75mm carbon bed (1178) for large animals such as rats, guinea pigs. Aluminium attachment bracket included.


SP-3102 SkyScan 1178 30mm carbon bed

30mm carbon bed (1178) for mice. Aluminium attachment bracket included.


SP-3110 Alignment pin for 1178

Alignment pin for 1178, to fit in the large (75mm) carbon fiber bed



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Polystyrene foam animal and sample tubes

Item no.


SP-3200 Polystyrene half-tubes

Box with different sizes of tubes: - 4x tube outer diameter 50mm, inner diameter 30mm, length 200mm, angle 220° (SP-3201) Use: foam for the aluminium bed - 2x tube outer diameter 60mm, inner diameter 30mm, length 200mm, angle 220° (SP-3202) Use: foam for large rat bed - 3x tube outer diameter 60mm, inner diameter 40mm, length 200mm, angle 180° Use: foam for large rat bed - 8x tube outer diameter 30mm, inner diameter 10mm, length 100mm, angle 360° Use: foam for the small mouse bed - 4x tube outer diameter 30mm, inner diameter 16mm, length 100mm, angle 360° Use: foam for the small mouse bed - 4x tube outer diameter 18mm, inner diameter 6mm, length 80mm, angle 360° Use: general use to center a sample



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Item no.


Closed tubes, polystyrene foam, for holding mouse hindlimbs or ex vivo samples in the SkyScan 1076 / 1176 scanner. Outer diameter of these tubes is 30 mm, the same as the inner diameter of the 30mm carbon fiber bed, or some of the polystyrene half-tubes (below)

See above, SP-3200, this is offered in mixed

box

Open tubes, polystyrene foam, for holding mice in vivo, or samples in the SkyScan 1076 / 1176 scanner. Outer diameter of these tubes is 50 or 60 mm, the same as the inner diameter of the 50mm aluminium bed or 60mm carbon fiber bed.

See above, SP-3200, this is offered in mixed

box


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4. Calibration phantoms

Item no.


SP-4001 Embedded aluminium foil thickness phantom

Embedded set of 4 aluminium foils of 20, 50, 125, 250 microns nominal thickness (+/- 10% tolerance), a phantom to calibrate thickness measurement by micro-CT. Foil widths 2mm, rod diameter 8 mm.


SP-4002 Small 2-4mm BMD phantom set.

2mm-4mm diameter set (small). 2mm BMD rods are suitable for very small bones such as mouse bones; 4mm rods are applicable to rat bones. The rod pair has concentrations of 0.25 and 0.75 g/cm3 CaHA. Also includes embedded foil thickness phantom (SP-0058)


SP-4003 Medium 8-16mm BMD phantom set.

8mm-16mm diameter set (medium). The rod pair has concentrations of 0.25 and 0.75 g/cm3 CaHA. Suitable for larger bones such as rabbit, sheep, human. Also includes embedded foil thickness phantom (SP-0058)



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Item no.


SP-4004 Large 32mm BMD phantom set.

32 mm diameter set of BMD phantoms (large). The rod pair has concentrations of 0.25 and 0.75 g/cm3 CaHA. Suitable for large bones such as human or large animal vertebrae. Also includes embedded foil thickness phantom (SP-0058)


SP-4010 Tissue equivalent mouse phantom, plastic model

CIRS Model 090: Plastic embedded set of tissue equivalent rods. Tissue equivalent rods are included for bone, adipose tissue and lung.

Order direct from CIRS, see details below **

SP-4011 Tissue equivalent mouse phantom, water filled tube

CIRS Model 091: Water immersed set of tissue equivalent rods. Tissue equivalent rods are included for bone, adipose tissue and lung.

Order direct from CIRS, see details below **


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5. Anaesthesia Support Products

Item no.


SP-5001 Y-connector Y-connector with tubes to link face mask to

anaesthetic gas supply and scavenging output

(narrow angle and small width for fitting inside micro-

CT animal chamber)

Refer to your

distributor or SkyScan

SP-5002 Mouse face

mask with

connection to

the Y-adaptor

Mouse face mask with connection to the Y-adaptor

Refer to your


SP-5003 Rat face mask

with connection

to the Y-adaptor

Rat face mask with connection to the Y-adaptor

Refer to your



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Contact details for direct ordering from third parties

*Kindt-Collins contact details for ordering “Master extra soft utility wax”

The Kindt-Collins Company LLC 12651 Elmwood Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44111 USA

USA Toll Free: 800-321-3170 International: +1 216-252-4122 Fax: +1 216-252-5639 Email: dkindt”&”kindt-collins.com Web site: www.kindt-collins.com

**CIRS contact details for ordering tissue phantoms 090 and 091:

CIRS Computerised Imaging Reference Systems Inc. 2428 Almeda Ave. Suite 316 Norfolk, Virginia 23513 USA| USA Toll Free: 800-617-1177 International: +1 757-855-2765 FAX: +1 757-857-0523 Email: admin&cirsinc.com Web site: http://www.cirsinc.com/main_inf.html

For emails please remove “&” and add @.

http://dkindt/

http://www.kindt-collins.com/

mailto:%[email protected]

http://www.cirsinc.com/main_inf.html

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