From 15% CV down to about 3%
CytCut 4.0
CytCut redesigned around flexures: autoclavable and reusable, with in-body actuation per pin, bringing the scratch's CV from 15% down to about 3%. Now being manufactured for a backlog of pre-orders.
LOG · WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES
CytCut 4.0 is an autoclavable, reusable, flexure version of CytCut, with in-body actuation per pin: each pin moves on its own flexure, a compliant mechanism that bends instead of using hinges or springs. It comes for 24-well and 48-well plates, scratches a whole plate in a single action in under 20 seconds, and needs no training.
WHY
We needed to bring our 15% CV to under 5%: users wanted it to be near perfect, and so did we.
WHAT I WORKED ON
Everything, again.
WHAT CAME OF IT
About 4 months of testing and development, on top of the 2 years of R&D already behind CytCut, and finally we have a version that users love: it averages about 3% CV. We're manufacturing it and sending it to users, with a backlog of pre-orders, and it will be officially unveiled at TERMIS-AM 26 for people to get a feel for it and play with it.
- OBJECT
- M46
- YEAR
- 2026
- CONTEXT
- CLYTE
- CATEGORY
- work
- TYPE
- hardware
- STATE
- out in the world
- TOPICS
PLATES · 5
PLATE IThe pin head and the plate holder
PLATE IIWith a scratched 24-well plate
PLATE IIIPins down
PLATE IVThe printed parts, and a plate they scratched
PLATE VA spiral flexure for every pin
CYTCUT SERIES
- CellCut · 2024
- CytCut 2.0 · 2025
- CytCut 3.0 · 2026
- CytCut 4.0 · 2026
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