Pressure regulators from Festo have been an integral part of the automated patch clamp solutions of the Danish company Sophion Bioscience for over 15 years. The high precision of the new proportional valve terminal VTEP further enhances the analysis of the ion channels of human cells. As a result of the high degree of standardisation of the analyses, drug development and research into the possible side effects can be carried out more quickly.
Sophion and Festo have been working together successfully for many years. That is why Festo was the logical choice to be the project partner for its current semi-automatic 8-channel system. The proportional valve terminal VTEP with its extremely fast communication protocols and high precision in the ± 2 mbar range exactly met the requirements of the developers for the new system. Maximum precision is the key to making sure the experiments work.
If too little pressure is applied, the cell membrane will not break. If the pressure is too high, the cell collapses. That is why proportional valve terminals with piezo technology such as VTEP are ideal for sensitive work on human cells.