PHCbi Delivers Reproducibility and Security Where it Counts
Building the Chain of Custody
PHCbi Brand refrigerators and freezers are specifically designed for storage and preservation of biological materials for research, life science, biotech, pharmaceutical, clinical and industrial applications. PHCbi brand cell culture incubators with CO2 and CO2/O2 control have evolved to replicate the in vivo environment in vitro, with accuracy and performance assured to help achieve reproducible results.
PHCbi Brand High Performance Product Groups
ENERGY STAR® Certified for Selected Models
- Vaccine and Pharmacy Refrigerators
- Biomedical Refrigerator/Freezer Combinations
- Biomedical/Medical Freezers, -30°C and -40°C
- ENERGY STAR® Certified VIP® ECO Series -80°C Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers
- VIP Series -80°C Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers
For Preparation
Because media, enzymes and other feedstocks associated with cell culture must be stored for the short term in highly stable environments, PHCbi offers a complete line of products that operate over a broad range of temperatures.
For Growth
Regardless of the media or the vessel, cell culture requires accurate temperature and gas control. The PHCbi product line includes an array of laboratory incubators engineered to replicate in vivo conditions in vitro. A prerequisite to reproducibility, PHCbi incubators are available with automatic CO2 and CO2/O2 control. Contamination management methods include H2O2, high heat sterilization, UV decontamination and inherent germicidal material application of copper-infused surfaces which prohibit growth of airborne pathogens.
For Preservation
Regardless of why cells or grown, the need for long-term preservation continues to proliferate worldwide. When ultra-low temperatures are required, the demand for more energy-efficient freezers has led to the development of ENERGY STAR® Certified ultra-low freezers designed to minimize power consumption without sacrificing performance in temperature recovery, interior uniformity and smart restart functions to assure stored specimen safety.
For the Archive
Temperatures required for indeterminate storage of biological specimens must be sustained safely below the -129°C recrystallization point of water. The development of the PHCbi cryogenic freezer eliminates the need for liquid nitrogen as a primary cooling medium in achieving an air phase storage temperature of -150°C. Because liquid nitrogen is expensive, wasteful, dangerous to handle and difficult to manage, the air phase method of cryogenic storage offers significant economic benefits.
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All product groups offer a wide selection of cabinet sizes and orientations to meet immediate needs for new or replacement installation, especially when energy-saving upgrades that lower operational costs are possible.
As California Cold Storage criteria are applied to scientific equipment, you can count on the PHCbi brand product line to assure compliance without compromising performance.
About PHC Corporation of North America
PHC Corporation of North America, located in Wood Dale, IL, is a leader in laboratory equipment for the biopharmaceutical, life sciences, academic, healthcare and government markets. Product lines under the PHCbi brand include the space saving and energy efficient VIP® ECO and TwinGuard® ultra-low temperature freezers, cryogenic and biomedical freezers, pharmacy and high-performance refrigerators, cell culture CO2 and multigas incubators, and Drosophila/plant growth chambers. PHC Corporation of North America is a subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, which is a global healthcare company that develops, manufactures, sells, and services solutions across diabetes management, healthcare solutions, diagnostics and life sciences.