Features:

Improved convenience

• New and intuitive graphical user interface
• Excellent overview and precise software guidance
• Embedded maintenance video

New analytical horizons

• Handling of 3-shot reagents

Plug and play calibration via 2D barcode

• Minimized reagent volumes
• Eliminates need for multiple calibrators
• Applies to C3, C4, Transferrin and ASO

Sample feeder

• Positive sample identification to eliminate any sample mix ups
• Beckman Coulter flexible racks to handle all commonly used tube sizes in parallel
• Barcoded racks to define different sample materials or other sample specifics
• 150 samples on board at any time for long walk away
• Reflex testing
• Priority re-run lane

Refrigerated reagent compartments

• Real workstation consolidation with up to 60 different analytes in parallel
• Ready to use liquid stable reagents
• Automatic bottle switch capabilities
• Advanced calibration
• Liquid detection and remaining test number calculation

Washing station

• High tech wash station to ensure a valid diagnostics
• Two different detergents to prevent any carry over
• Four fold water cleaning followed by a separate drying step to gain optimum system performance

Mixer

• High precision mixer station to ensure excellent reaction conditions
• Standardized mixing procedures across the whole range of analyzers
• Different mixer positions for individual reaction steps

Cuvettes wheel

• Non disposable quartz cuvettes
• Software driven carry over elimination
• Total reaction volume as small as 120 µl
• Environmental friendly

ISE unit

• High quality ISE for Na, K and Cl
• 6 months shelf life
• 18 months shelf life for reference electrodes
• 600 tests/hour (if ISE mode only)
• Same technology across the whole range of analyzers

Sample probe

• Sample volume as small as 1.6 µl
• Clot detection
• Crash prevention
• Sampling frequency of 4.5 seconds

STAT sample rotor

• Dedicated STAT rotor with 22 positions and integrated barcode reader
• Full STAT capabilities during routine operation
• Refrigerated area for calibrators and controls
• Combined routine and emergency work area

Reagent probes

• Tact frequency 4.5 seconds
• Reagent volume as small as 15 µl
• Liquid detection
• Calculation of remaining tests/vial

Specifications:

Analytical system	Fully automated, random access chemistry system with STAT capability
Analytical principle	Spectrophotometry and potentiometry
Analytical types	Endpoint, rate, fixed point and indirect ISE
Analytical methods	Colorimetry, turbidimetry, latex agglutination, homogeneous EIA, indirect ISE
Simultaneously processed analytes	60 photometric tests + 3 ISE
Throughput	800 photometric tests/hour; up to 1,200 with ISE
Sample types	Serum, urine, whole blood (HbA1c), other 1, other 2
Sample feeder	Racks with 10 samples each (bar codes on primary tubes and on racks); capacity of 150 samples; continuous loading
Sample tubes	In primary and secondary tubes; diameter between 11.5 and 16.5 mm; height between 55 and 102 mm
STAT samples	Up to 22 positions for STAT samples, bar-coded primary tubes
Sample volume	1–25 μL in 0.1 μL increments (1–25 μL for repeats)
Reagent supply	60 positions for R1, 48 positions for R2; (refrigerated 4–12 °C), handling of 3-shot reagents
Reagent volume	R1: 15–250 μL; R2: 15–250 μL; (in 1 μL increments)
Total reaction volume	120–425 μL
Reaction cuvette	Quartz cuvettes
Reaction time	Up to 8 minutes, 40 seconds
Reaction temperature	37 °C
Mixing method	With rotating paddles after dispensing sample and reagent
Photometry system	Direct assay through the reaction cuvette (0 – 3.0 OD) mono and bichromatic measurements possible
Wavelength	13 different wavelengths between 340 – 800 nm
Cuvette cleaning	Comprehensive cleaning with detergents
Calibration	Autocalibration, cooled calibrator positions; master calibration established by two-dimensional bar code of the reagent bottle (>3-point calibration)
Quality control	Auto QC, cooled QC positions
Test requisition	Individual and profile test requisition via on line, mouse, functions keys or touch screen
Safety	Clot detection and crash prevention for sample and reagent dispenser
Online	Full uni- and bidirectional communication possible
Software	Windows XP®
Data Storage	Sample number 100,000 samples. Reaction Data 200,000 tests
Dimensions (W x H x D) mm	ANL 1,950 x 1,280 x 1,000
Power supply	200 V; 208 V; 220 V; 230 V; 240 V; 50 Hz; 60 Hz/3.8 KVA