Aerosol containment system for the FACSVantage DiVa.

Our FACSVantage DiVa is now equipped with an aerosol containment system from Cytek Development.  This system consists of a molded hood mounted over front of the FACSVantage, containing the sample port, nozzle, stream deflection plates and sort collection tube holder.  The hood is maintained under negative pressure using a vacuum blower system, maintaining an air stream of 150 feet per second, with the outflow cleaned through a HEPA filter.  This system effectively contains aerosols generated during sorting, greatly inproving biosafety for the operator.

(Below).  Aerosol containment hood.  This is the hood portion of the system, mounted over the front of the FACSVantage.  A door allows access to the sorter controls, sample holder and collection tubes; airflow is relatively constant at 150 fps when the door is both open and closed (flow meter on the left).   When the door is open, a supplemental fan turns on and maintains the airflow at this rate.

(Below).  Fan and HEPA filter unit.  Negative airflow from the hood generated by this fan unit and is passed through a HEPA prior to venting to the room air.

(Below).  Hood and fan/HEPA filter unit.  Setup of the complete unit.

(Below).  Hood removed from the FACSVantage.  When not required, the entire hood can be removed from the sorter.

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