P-97 Flaming/Brown Micropipette Puller

P-97 — Proven Flaming/Brown Micropipette Puller

The P-97 Flaming/Brown Micropipette Puller from Sutter Instrument combines a proven pulling mechanism with programmability to produce a highly versatile instrument. Building on the P-77/P-80 series of pullers that demonstrated the ability to pull a complete range of pipette profiles, the P-97 adds a humidity-controlled chamber, vacuum fluorescent display, and expanded program memory.

Key Features

• Velocity-sensing (patented) — indirectly senses glass viscosity for consistent results across all non-quartz glasses, including aluminosilicate
• Humidity Control Chamber — filament area purged with dry air (programmable timing) before and after each pull to minimize environmental effects on pipette reproducibility
• 100 program storage with 8 command lines per program
• Programmable cooling mode: Time or Delay (facilitates program transfer from P-80PC and P-87)
• Programmable air pressure for fine-tuned cooling control
• Vacuum fluorescent display for improved readability
• Write protection for stored programs; date/time stamp of last program edit
• Pull Cycle Report — displays pull timing at end of each sequence
• 25% more available power than predecessor models
• Produces 2 identical pipettes per pull; tip diameters 0.06–3 µm; max taper 2 cm
• Max glass OD: 4 mm (0.6–3.0 mm working range)

Applications of P-97 Puller

• Patch clamp pipette fabrication
• Intracellular recording electrodes
• Microinjection needles (ICSI, ES cells)
• Cell transfer and aspiration
• Microperfusion capillaries