OEM Partnerships
Customized integrated fluorescence microscopy modules and software
Etaluma offers high resolution optics, microscopy components, automation, and complete imaging solutions. And we can customize! If you are looking to add imaging to your instrument or application, we have multiple options for you.
Etaluma is your OEM partner!
Unlike a one-time product purchase, the most effective outsourcing strategy becomes a long-term partnership. A vital element in your choice of an OEM supplier is how they will support your product development beyond simply supplying components. Trust Etaluma as your microscopy OEM supplier to always deliver the highest standards of expertise, collaboration, quality, support, and ownership for the lifetime of your project and product. Etaluma is committed to helping you reduce time-to-market.
We design and offer optical components, microscopy systems including automation, and accessories. We can also design and make custom versions. Products range from optics modules that fit inside or complement your instrumentation to private-label microscopes.
“We have been working with Etaluma on developing the fluorescence imaging portion of our instrument. After looking at many other options, we selected a Lumascope optics module and are working with Etaluma to maximize our dye imaging signal and customize the module body. We have found this to be a very cooperative process, sharing ideas back and forth, with the common goal of providing a quality product that meets our specifications at an affordable price.
When designing products that include microscopy or cell imaging functions, often one must decide what to buy and what to design in-house. An OEM-components partnering strategy can significantly augment the expertise of your own team and eliminate the risks from not knowing what you don’t know. It can free up internal resources for other projects, reduce long-term costs, and ultimately help get your products to market faster.”
Dedicated features with just the right amount of flexibility
The optics of microscopy can have very complex functionality and performance requirements. In addition, the risk of overdesign and underdesign are significant. One of the most important steps in defining an effective OEM strategy is to carefully draft specifications and customer use scenarios. Which features are essential at launch, and which can wait until version 2? Factors important to consider are customer expectations, size, serviceability, user interface, and pricing.
An old automation saying important to consider is, “the easiest step to automate is the one you eliminate”. By removing superfluous features, the product development process becomes streamlined. Good design philosophy is also reflected in the KISS principle, i.e., “keep it simple, stupid”. Extra parts, components, and functionality cost time and money in inventory, material handling, development, product testing, and life-cycle management. Etaluma also believes in eliminating moving parts wherever possible. This is seen most dramatically in our multichannel, solid-state, Pinkel filter set configuration for pixel shift-free images and composite images. No moving parts also increases the speed with which we can switch excitations. We also often ask what hardware can be “done at the software stage”.
Underdesign is also risky — especially when it results from eliminating functionality mid-stream to mitigate project delays. Why waste time trying to design something that others have already perfected?
Commercially Ready Microscopy Modules & Subassemblies
From multi-bandpass LED excitation blocks to full multi-channel epi-fluorescence microscopy modules, Etaluma can provide components and assemblies for your imaging project. Etaluma also offers multi-axis motion control automation, autofocus, and trans-illumination technology for enhanced contrast.
Standard 3 Color Fluorescence
Optics Module
Multi-Head Microscope
Motorized Turret Assembly
Automated Z Drive + Optics Module
Customizable Optics Modules
Right Angle 3 Color Optics Module
Single Color
Automated Turret + Optics Module
Compact Size
Robotic Automation
Flex Loading Automation
LED Controller
Software
Lumaview Pro Software solutions
API Integration
JSON Support
Etaluma’s Proprietary Optics Engine
An entire 3-color fluorescence microscope in the palm of your hand! Or in your instrument’s hardware. Important features:
- Solid-state channel switching with no moving parts and no pixel shift
- Uses multi-bandpass filter sets from Semrock or Chroma
- Etaluma’s high resolution, near diffraction-limited optics
- 4-inch light path with high photon capture
- C-mount for use of custom USB3 cameras
- Now configured with an LED controller for fine control of LED illumination
- Compatible with RMS-threaded, infinity corrected, 45 mm parfocal distance objectives (or other objectives with adaptors)
Contact us to configure these near diffraction-limited optics to your own specifications.
Choice of Fluorescence Wavelengths
Our standard Optics Module detects the following:
- Blue (e.g., DAPI): Excitation 370-410 nm; Emission 429-462 nm
- Green (e.g., FITC): Excitation 473-491 nm; Emission 502-561 nm
- Red (e.g., Texas Red): Excitation 580-598 nm; Emission 612-680 nm
We have built other color combinations as well including those for Cy3 and Cy5.
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