Prior Scientific News

Prior Scientific's award winning PL-200 Slide Loader System is now
capable of handling 2x3 and 1x3 slides.

ROCKLAND, MA., (February 22, 2010) - The Prior Scientific PL-200 Slide Loader is an innovative high speed automated slide loading system that is ideal for a variety of high throughput microscopy applications. The PL-200 is now capable of handling up to 100 - 2x3 slides (or 200 - 1x3 slides) which are housed in two racks of 50. Designed to be compatible with the widest range of microscopes, the PL-200 utilizes a space saving rotating arm design combined with a multiple sensory based gripper system to interface with Prior's ProScan II series of motorized stages to ensure a safe and reliable high speed slide transfer routine. For more information on the PL-200 please click here...

Prior Scientific introduces the new H117P2IX Flat Top Motorized Stage for Olympus IX series Microscopes

ROCKLAND, MA., (December 8, 2009) - Prior is proud to introduce the H117P2IX flat top stage for the the Olympus IX series of inverted microscopes. While the H117P2IX is ideal for all high precision biomedical and material science scanning operations, specific attention was given to designing the H117P2IX to assist the researcher who is doing prolonged live cell studies. The newest version of Prior’s H117P2IX stage maximizes access to the nosepiece for correction collar adjustment. Miniaturized drive boxes occupy a fraction of the space of previous models providing easy access to the nosepiece area of the microscope.

Prior Scientific introduces the NIKRFK Focus Drive for
Nikon Microscopes

ROCKLAND, MA., (December 4, 2009) - Prior Scientific has introduced the NIKRFK Focus Drive with integral electronic clutch specifically designed for the Nikon Ti, 80i and FN1 microscopes.

Prior Scientific introduces the ES10ZE Focus Controller

ROCKLAND, MA., (October 21, 2009) - Prior Scientific has introduced a focus only control system for modern microscopes. Ideally suited to those applications involving extended focus or Z-stacking, the ES10ZE offers a low cost, compact, yet powerful system to automate a microscope focusing mechanism.

Prior Scientific's PL-200 Slide Loader featured in the July Issue of Vision Systems Design

ROCKLAND, MA., (July 14, 2009) - The July 2009 issue of Vision Systems Design magazine features an article spotlighting the benefits and features of the award winning PL-200 Slide Loader. Please click here to read the full article.

Prior Scientific introduces the new H117 ProScan II Flat Top Motorized Stage for Nikon MA200 Microscopes

ROCKLAND, MA., (July 13, 2009) - The highest precision motorized stages from Prior Scientific are now available for Nikon's MA200 newest industrial microscope. The ergonomic, energy efficient and space saving design of the MA200 combined with Prior Scientific's newest H117 motorized stage allows automated scanning and inspection of diverse industrial samples such as metals, ceramics, and polymers. Additionally, the H117 motorized stage provides automatic measurement and grain analysis as well as stitching and analysis of larger samples when used with many image analysis software packages with drivers for Prior stages. The H117 stage for the MA200 was designed to work with Nikon's standard round holder inserts as well as a broad range of sample holders manufactured by Prior Scientific, including holders such as 1.0", 1.25", 1.5" and 2.0" diameter metallurgical sample holders, solid aluminum and glass plates.

Prior Scientific's PL-200 Slide Loader is now supported by Objective Imaging's Surveyor software with Turboscan

ROCKLAND, MA., (May 27, 2009) - Prior Scientific has announced that the Prior Scientific PL-200 Slide Loader is now fully supported by Objective Imaging's Surveyor software with TurboScan. TurboScan allows the user to scan an entire slide in seconds and create near perfect-image mosaics at camera frame rates for up to 200 slides at a time. The PL-200 Slide Loader System is compatible with Prior's ProScan II stage to ensure the highest levels of precision and accuracy when interfacing with the software packages. The PL-200 is the ultimate high volume, cost effective tool for image acquisition, processing, and analysis.

Prior Scientific's PL-200 Slide Loader is now supported by Molecular Devices MetaMorph image acquisition and analysis software

ROCKLAND, MA., (May 26, 2009) - Prior Scientific has announced that the Prior Scientific PL-200 Slide Loader is now fully supported by Molecular Devices MetaMorph image acquisition and analysis software. MetaMorph from Molecular Devices offers a flexible and powerful tool for image acquisition, processing and analysis. The PL-200 is now fully controlled using MetaMorph. A single USB connection to the PL-200 ensures simple system integration.

Prior Scientific's PL-200 Slide Loader System is named the winner in the 2009 Laboratory Equipment Readers' Choice Awards!

ROCKLAND, MA., (February 13, 2009) - The Prior Scientific PL-200 Slide Loader has been named the winning product in the prestigious 2009 Laboratory Equipment Readers' Choice awards in the automation category. The PL-200 is a significant step forward for laboratory automation in the field of microscopy. It is designed to integrate with Prior's H101A ProScan II motorized stage, thus providing the highest level of automation for slide scanning applications in the market today. With a capacity of 200 slides, it is now feasible to leave an automated microscope unattended for many hours which means greatly improved productivity. The PL-200 together with a ProScan II stage provides unmatched accuracy and precision, plus greatly reduced slide scanning times thanks to complete automation of the slide scanning process.