Achieve your next breakthrough. The Thermo Scientific™ Forma™ Steri-Cycle™ i250 CO2 incubator is specifically designed to deliver the performance reliability, ease of operation, and value required to support a range of culturing needs from basic research to the demanding, leading-edge applications, so you’re ready for whatever comes next. Better solutions for optimal cell growth. Our CO2 incubators with non-corrosive stainless-steel or copper interior chambers provide the ideal in-vitro environment. Large 255L capacity provides space for high throughput applications and accommodates spaces for culture devices for larger sample output.
Direct heat chamber
- 255 L (9.0 cu.ft.) electropolished stainless steel or copper chamber with compact footprint, easily stackable
- Standard left-hand door swing, field reversible by qualified service support
THRIVE active airflow
- In-chamber fan gently distributes clean, humidified air throughout the chamber ensuring homogeneous conditions
- Fast recovery of all parameters in 10 minutes or less for stable culturing conditions
- Auto-stop function disables fan operation during door openings to minimize air exchange
- ISO Class 5 HEPA filtration
- In-chamber HEPA continuously filters the entire chamber air volume every 60 seconds
- ISO Class 5 clean room air quality is achieved in the culture chamber within 5 minutes
- Continuous protection minimizes airborne contaminants settling on interior surfaces
Covered Integrated humidity reservoir
- Directly heated water reservoir provides stable high relative humidity levels, preventing culture desiccation
- Cover limits particles and spilled media from settling into the reservoir, keeping water clean
- Separating water provides a condensation free incubation chamber, limiting areas for contaminants to breed
- 5X faster humidity recovery than traditional water pan designs
- Easy water handling: humidity reservoir may be filled or drained without removing shelves or cultures
- Water level sensor indicates when a refill is needed
- Steri-Run on-demand high temperature sterilization cycle
- Independently validated overnight cycle ensures complete elimination of all biological contaminants
- 180°C cycle designed for uniform 12-log sterilization on all chamber surfaces
- Simplifies cleaning and eliminates the need for separate autoclaving and reassembly of components
- Intuitive, interactive iCAN™ touchscreen control
- Bright LED screen to monitor all incubator interactions
- Provides visibility to changes in culture environment with performance trend graphing, error and usage logs
- Convenient on-screen user prompts and reminders for easy navigation
- Selectable languages simplify operation: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin
Wireless Monitoring Solution
- Thermo Scientific™ DeviceLink HUB™, our easy-to-install solution, works with the Thermo Fisher Cloud to monitor conditions inside your CO2 incubators.
- DeviceLink HUB monitors chamber temperature, gas levels, alarms, and alerts from the incubator data output connection, RS-232 or USB
- Alarms and notifications are also sent to the user by email and mobile push notification
- DeviceLink HUB is an optional accessory for models with the iCAN touchscreen interface
- DeviceLink HUB is available in the following regions
- United States and Canada
- 28 members of the European Union
- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland
- In situ sensors and probes designed for precise control
- Dual temperature probes for over temperature protection with operational back up
- Thermal conductivity (TC) CO2 sensor with rH compensation designed for fast recovery and stable operation
