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ThawSTAR
™
Quick Start Guide
Unit is warmed up and in “ready” state. Insert a clean,
tightly capped frozen 1.8 - 2.0 mL cryogenic vial (below
-70°C) containing 1.0 mL volume into the opening on
the top of the unit.
Upon power-up of unit, please allow 5 minutes for instrument warm-up.
Countdown of the last 10 seconds of the thawing
process begins.
Push the top of the vial down gently until the unit
emits a deep dual tone. The vial will now remain in
a depressed position.
Upon thaw completion, the vial is raised
approximately 1 cm (0.4 in).
Beginning of solid to liquid phase change is detected
by unit.
Remove vial immediately and for a few seconds, manually
agitate the vial gently from side to side to equilibrate the
liquid temperature until no ice can be seen within the vial.
Begin downstream protocol.