STEDYCON 2
confocal, STED, lifetime … WOW!
The new STEDYCON 2 brings you uncompromised performance in a shoebox format. It transforms any widefield system into a powerful confocal, superresolution STED, and lifetime imaging machine. With its super-intuitive user interface, the STEDYCON provides an intelligent microscope platform that enables everyone to acquire superb superresolution and FLIM images after only minutes of training. Define your experiment and enjoy fine imaging at the push of a button!
From Zero to Hero
Plug and play for serious science.
STEDYCON transforms almost any microscope frame into a full-fledged confocal and superresolution system, independent of the manufacturer, whether it is upright or inverted, old or new. All it needs is a free camera port and a good objective lens. Lasers, scanners, and detectors are already inside the STEDYCON box. That’s why connecting the STEDYCON takes just a few minutes.
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STEDYCON will never let you down
Runs anywhere.
Works every time.
STEDYCON, with its uniquely compact design, is engineered for ultimate robustness. Its lasers – including the STED laser – are coupled into a single optical fiber – meaning that they are aligned by design, eliminating beam drift and ensuring consistent, high-performance imaging without the need for recalibration, ever.
So no matter where you work – whether in climatized laboratories or standard office environments – STEDYCON will always deliver a rock-solid performance. It is virtually maintenance-free and all parts that require fine-tuning are motorized, allowing most adjustments to be handled remotely.
Experience first-class confocal imaging with state-of-the-art features tailored for a wide range of applications. Capture dynamic biological processes with live cell imaging, analyze the distribution of your protein of interest, perform multicolor experiments, and acquire z-stacks and volumetric data. Swiftly adapt the system to your specimen, from single cells to tissues and whole organisms. Of course, you can also mount delicate expanded specimens.
If your experiment demands more detailed images, switch to superresolution STED with a single click. Start with gentle, low STED power for an already significant increase in resolution. Add lifetime information using TIMEBOW STED for an additional resolution boost without harming your sample. Need even more detail? Push the resolution to 30 nm for best results.
Do you need lifetime information about your sample? Instantly access TIMEBOW lifetime imaging. Lifetime imaging on the STEDYCON is powered by PicoQuant’s established MultiHarp 150 hardware. Fully integrated into the STEDYCON smart control software, command is seamless and intuitive with no need for external tools or expertise.
The STEADYFOCUS laser runs side by side with the imaging beam path. No dichroics are required and there is absolutely no interference with imaging.
Our STEADYFOCUS keeps the focus position stable. Forever. During STED imaging, when browsing through the sample, or for hours of time-lapse imaging, there is no need for refocussing, the STEADYFOCUS does the work for you. And everything you need for it is integrated inside the STEDYCON head, so it works on upright microscopes, too!