About
Agarose-based tools for controlled culture.
Thom-Med develops agarose-based tools for cell and tissue culture, from the Aga Cup for tissue-sample immobilization to the Invasion Assay for tumor cell invasion.
About Thom-Med
Development from lab requirements.
Thom-Med was founded by Andreas Thomsen and focuses on agarose-based tools for cell and tissue culture. The Aga Cup immobilizes a tissue sample on the dish floor and feeds it by diffusion; the Invasion Assay quantifies tumor cell invasion and matrix degradation in defined agarose microcavities.
The company operates as a sole proprietorship and is based in Kenzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Application, product requests and technical documentation are coordinated per project.
Focus: defined agarose geometries, reproducible starting conditions and practical handling in standard petri-dish and microscopy workflows.
Product principle
Geometry, medium, tissue sample.
The Aga Cup combines a tissue-facing hydrogel base, an inner well for culture medium and three stabilizing wings. The carrier should do no more than the workflow needs.
Product context
Controlled immobilization before culture starts.
In conventional petri-dish culture, tissue samples can drift in medium. The Aga Cup is placed over the tissue sample, immobilizes it on the dish floor and lets medium diffuse through the hydrogel to the tissue sample.
Aga Cup-specific validation is in preparation; technical documentation and protocol context are provided on request.
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