The AirPrep™ Bobcat Air Sampler is a lightweight, high flow (200 LPM), and portable dry filter air sampler originally designed for tactical military applications.
The rugged design features a built-in tripod and an advanced mass flow sensor, ensuring consistent sampling rates and highly efficient collection for particle sizes ranging from 0.01 μm to 10+ μm, outperforming traditional collection methods.
The Bobcat Air Sampler seamlessly integrates within the broader AirPrep™ Sampler System, utilizing specialized consumables for Wet Foam Elution™, which enables rapid and efficient particle recovery from the air filter into a liquid format. This streamlined approach provides samples that are immediately ready for a wide range of downstream applications, eliminating the need for culture and delivering faster, more actionable insights.
This complete system approach maximizes sample collection and elution performance for high-efficiency sampling and reliable results. Together, the Bobcat and AirPrep™ consumables provide a comprehensive solution for advanced bioaerosol detection and analysis in various environments.
Battery, Consumables and optional accessories are sold separately.
Trusted by the U.S. Military since 2012, the AirPrep Bobcat Sampling System combines rugged durability, high-flow dry electret filter collection, and a rapid sample recovery system. Designed for versatility, it is suitable for a wide range of air sampling tasks - from hygiene monitoring in cleanrooms to disease monitoring in pig barns - and everything in between.
- Efficient:
- High-Efficiency Particle Capture: Efficiently captures micron and submicron particles, optimized for 0.01 μm to 10.0 μm, outperforming traditional culture media methods and wet cyclonic collectors.
- Flow Sensing: Adjusts to maintain sampling rate as filters become loaded.
- Variable Run Modes: Allows balancing of sample duration and battery conservation.
- Dry Filter Collection: No liquids in the collector enable use in extreme temperatures and long run times.
- Omni-directional Aerosol Inlet: Ensures comprehensive sampling from all directions.
- Fast:
- High Flow Rates: Capable of flow rates up to 200 LPM for efficient sampling.
- Rapid Particle Elution: Eluting captured particles from the filter takes only seconds with the Rapid Filter Elution Kit.
- Rugged and Portable Design: Durable construction ensures reliability in challenging environments and it is lightweight, only 3.5 kg.
- Versatile Compatibility: Compatible with virtually any analysis method, including PCR, sequencing, and more.
- Choice of Elution Buffers: To tailor to your downstream methods.
- Built in Tripod: Provides stability and height adjustment
- Optional Accessories:
- Rechargeable Long Life Battery: Choose a Lithium Ion or Nickel Metal Hydride battery.
- Trigger: 22 ft. cable switch for easy operation in aerosol test chambers or tight spaces.
- Hard Shell Roller Case: For safe and easy transport.
Workflow
InnovaPrep's Rapid Filter & Elution Kit integrates robust filtration and patented Wet Foam Elution™ process, to efficiently release particles into liquid with maximum efficiency, delivering a highly concentrated sample ready for immediate analysis.
Collect
Use AirPrep sampler to capture particles onto a dry electret filter.
Prep
Assemble filter elution kit as shown above. Depress the canister of Elution Buffer to employ Wet Foam Elution to efficiently extract particles from the filter — in just seconds!
Detect
The liquid sample is now ready for downstream analysis via traditional or rapid methods.
