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Safety instructions and guidelines 

 

This device can be used with potentially biohazardous materials. Use 
appropriate personal protective equipment (gloves, safety goggles, lab 
coat, etc.) for handling and disposing of biohazardous materials. 

 

Under normal condition, sound pressure level from Maelstrom 9600 LH 
does not exceed 80 dB and cause a hazard. Please contact technical 
support in case of higher sound pressure level. 

 

This  device  can  be  hazardous  due  to  the  use  of  chemical  and 
biohazardous substances. 

 

Users should adhere to their institutional guidelines for the handling and 
disposal of all infectious substances used with this device. 

 

It is important to clean the device after every use. If samples or reagents 
have been spilled, it is important to clean the instrument immediately to 
avoid damage or contamination of samples. 

 

This device is to use with the compatible spin tips. Using incompatible 
spin tips may cause poor extraction performance. 

 

Read  this  user  manual  in  its  entirety  prior  to  operating  the  device. 
Failure to read, understand, and follow the instructions in the manual 
may result in damage to the device, injury to laboratory and operating 
personnel or poor performance. 

Summary of Contents for Maelstrom 9600 LH

Page 1: ...TAN Bead Nucleic Acid Extractor Non Sterile Maelstrom 9600 LH User Manual...

Page 2: ...1 Introduction 4 2 Overview 8 3 Installation 11 4 Get started 11 5 Edit program 14 6 Communication 21 7 Product Performance 24 8 Cleaning and maintenance 26 9 Disposal 26 10 Patent 27 11 Appendix 27...

Page 3: ...nying documents Hot surface risk of burns Watch your fingers and your hands The symbol indicates that the product should not be discarded as unsorted waste but must sent to separate collection facilit...

Page 4: ...tating the spin tips will mix suspension Extended magnetic rods can collect magnetic beads efficiently Purified nucleic acids can be obtained after lysis nucleic acids absorption wash and elution Flow...

Page 5: ...weight of Maelstrom 9600 LH 30 kg Do not use Maelstrom 9600 LH in a location where there is large temperature variability or high humidity Temperature 4 40 Maximum operating altitude 2000 m Storage an...

Page 6: ...ubstances Users should adhere to their institutional guidelines for the handling and disposal of all infectious substances used with this device It is important to clean the device after every use If...

Page 7: ...7 Equipment list No Item 1 Power cord 2 A plate of spin tips 3 Magnetic separator 4 User Manual...

Page 8: ...ions L 54 2 x W 28 5 x H 26 8 cm Controller dimensions 32 x 30 x 14 cm Power supply 100 240 V Capacity 96 samples per run Process volume 50 l 1500 l Spin speed 500 3000 rpm Heater 1 heated plates Magn...

Page 9: ...9 Side view of extraction platform Shield plate...

Page 10: ...10 Regulators of the sensors for detecting falling spin tip Control panel Buttons on control panel...

Page 11: ...d Turn on the main power switch located on the back of controller to the on position Once Maelstrom 9600LH is switched on the instrument will perform a self test and calibration After booting you will...

Page 12: ...12 Set the Temperature UV LAMP Confirm the Selected Program Mount the Spin Tips...

Page 13: ...13 Eject the Spin Tips STATUS RUNNING STATUS PAUSE STATUS STOP STATUS END...

Page 14: ...ller via AutoMag Version 5 2 program 5 1 Connection 1 Switch on Maelstrom 9600 LH 2 Connect A of transmission cable to the Maelstrom 9600 LH controller Fig 2 3 Connect B to the USB port of PC Fig 3 Fi...

Page 15: ...nter 0 as a default Password maximum characters 8 C COM port In drop down menu select the used USB port NOTE The used USB port can be checked in window system control device manage port D Controller v...

Page 16: ...Eject Pre Heat Warm up temperature 0 150 Heating Execute program temperature 0 150 Mixing M Spin time 0 999 minutes Speed RPM Spin speed 500 3000 RPM Shuttle Spin at the lower and the upper alternatel...

Page 17: ...17 NOTE...

Page 18: ...STEP4 The 9600 LH will perform mixing for 0 1 minutes and collecting for 5 seconds in plate 3 After that it will move out the plate holder and beep Pause ON setting The user can place the next reagen...

Page 19: ...selected cells Copy Copy data of a whole row Paste Paste copied data Move up Move up a whole row of data Move down Move down a whole row of data Insert Insert a row of blank space Delete You can delet...

Page 20: ...rom the PC to the machine B A Example of program transmission import There are 3 programs installed in the controller You can use AutoMag to retrieve these programs Type 0 and press import button to g...

Page 21: ...transfer the program from the PC to the controller Set 1 1 and press Export button to transfer program 1 to the controller Set 0 1 and press Export button to transfer program 0 and program 1 to the c...

Page 22: ...22 6 2 Communication between M9600 LH and Liquid Handling System...

Page 23: ...23 6 4 Communication CRC Cyclical Redundancy Check...

Page 24: ...acceptable statistical analysis Nucleic Acid Yield N 96 M96LH00001 M96LH00002 Average Yield N 96 Standard Deviation SD Coefficient of Variation CV Average Yield ng l 30 23 41 99 36 11 0 95 2 52 Stand...

Page 25: ...96 Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Average Yield N 128 Standard Deviation SD Coefficient of Variation CV Average Yield ng l 25 3 24 7 25 3 26 5 25 0 0 588 2 35 Standard Deviation SD 0 005 0 005 0 007...

Page 26: ...magnetic rods wipe with a soft cloth dampened with 70 ethanol If the magnetic rods cannot be cleaned please contact TANBead Tel 886 3 3167568 for technical assistance 9 Disposal In case the product is...

Page 27: ...anada CA2862946 Japan JP6151735 Korea 10 1696517 WIPO WO2016127292 China CN104971638B Taiwan I526245 11 Appendix Transport To avoid damaging the linear side through the transport please use EPE buffer...

Page 28: ...28 Manufacturer Taiwan Advanced Nanotech Inc 4F No 188 Wenhe Rd Guishan Dist Taoyuan City 333 Taiwan R O C TEL 886 3 3167568 http www tanbead com en...

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