Press Release February 2005

Bigneat Containment Technology offers enclosures that provide a sterile environment for robotics systems with downflow air-draw protection technology for the operator.

Laboratories involved in High Throughput gene assays and users of robotic systems for biological processes may need to enclose their systems to ensure their process integrity whilst also ensuring personnel protection.

Bigneat manufactures cabinets that provide this sterile environment, accessed by hinged or sliding doors. Two HEPA filtration units are included; one within the roof of the enclosure, which blows sterile air downwards over the apparatus; the other situated under the unit which draws the air down at the front of the enclosure and exhausts back to the room.

Bigneat has installed its equipment into many laboratories around the world, including most recently an installation of 3 units into Danone in France, shown in the picture.

These systems, which can be described as being of a ‘Class II Type’, offer significant cost saving over Class II cabinets which need to meet specific exhaust and recirculation criteria. 25 of this type of enclosure are being used worldwide with highly satisfactory results and Bigneat’s design department is now increasing the choice of models available to suit a broader range of applications.