Closed Cell Locker chambers in the system do not experience the opening of a neighboring chamber.
This is very different than in a standard CO2 incubator, where every door opening is experienced by all the cultured contents. When the door is opened, the incubator conditions rush to equilibrate with the ambient room conditions.
Standard
Heracell VIOS 160i CO2 incubator
Conditions during door opening:
Temperature
below 30˚C
CO2 below 1%
Humidity below 30%
Typical laboratory
Conditions:
22˚C
0.04% CO2
40–60% humidity
Closed chambers in Cell Locker System when one chamber
is opened
Maintains:
37˚C ±0.3˚C
5% CO2 ±0.2%
≥93% humidity ±3%