X-Cite® is a product family of illumination systems designed especially for fluorescence microscopy. With a wide selection of features and accessories, X-Cite® systems are used in labs worldwide for applications ranging from routine fluorescence assays to advanced live cell and quantitative imaging.

WHY SHOULD YOU SWITCH FROM HBO TO X-Cite®?

Save Time

• Fast, easy set-up with pre-aligned lamps

Save Money

• One X-Cite® lamp lasts as long as seven HBO lamps, and costs less
• 2000 hour lamp warranty - full replacement if lamp fails to strike before 2000 hours (i.e. not pro-rated)

Streamline supply orders

• Intelli-Lamp® automatically tracks hours so you'll know when to order a new one
• Only need to stock one type of spare lamp - X-Cite® can be used on all major microscope types
• Webstore - X-Cite® lamp and light guide replacements can be purchased on-line with credit card

Improve optical performance

• Fine-tuned microscope adapter optics provide as good or better intensity than an HBO
• No alignment knobs to tweak and take the lamp out of alignment

Minimize photobleaching and vibration for better images

• Adjust intensity with X-Cite®'s iris to optimize illumination and limit photobleaching
• Internal shutters allow PC control of illumination without introducing shutter vibrations to the microscope
• Any moving parts are in the X-Cite® unit itself, which can be placed on a separate table to isolate any vibrations

Comparison

Top image depicts more energy between narrower peaks in the X-Cite® when compared to an HBO lamp

X-Cite® illumination and measurement solutions are recognized as the industry standard for fluorescence microscopy.

All X-Cite® illumination systems feature:

• Pre-aligned, long life lamps with Intelli-Chip® automatic lamp hour tracking
• 2000 hour lamp warranty
• Intense, uniform illumination - comparable to, or better than, conventional HBO lamps
• Microscope coupling via liquid light guide and optical adaptor - no heat to microscope

X-Cite® systems are ideal for:

• Labs where fluorescence illumination is used regularly and standard 200-hour HBO lamps require frequent replacement - X-Cite® lamps will last 10X longer than HBO
• Facilities where microscopes from multiple manufacturers are used - X-Cite® can standardize equipment, eliminating the need to keep different types of replacement lamps on hand
• Anyone who would enjoy the freedom of not having to worry about checking lamp alignment

   Key Features

   Application

• On/off control only

• Routine imaging where maximum power is always required and photobleaching is not a concern

• 5-step iris

• Routine imaging where control over intensity level is desired

• 5-step iris
• internal shutter
• PC control via RS232

• Time-lapse imaging, automated image acquisition, especially when avoiding vibration from a microscope-mounted shutter is important

• 100-step iris
• Internal high speed shutter
• Ultrastable output
• Closed-Loop Feedback
• PC control via USB

• Advanced imaging protocols, high speed imaging, live cell studies, multi-day time lapse imaging
• Protocols where a high degree of control over intensity level and/or avoiding microscope shutter vibration is desired

• Measure power from light guide
• Calibration of X-Cite® exacte

• Ensure known and repeatable light levels

• Measure power at objective plane
• Use with any epi-fluorescence light source

• Ensure known and repeatable light levels at specimen plane
• Microscope maintenance and troubleshooting