ATLANTA and CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —
Magellan Biosciences, a global manufacturer of products designed to
make diagnostic testing easier, more cost-effective, and less labor
intensive, unveiled its Dynex Agility microplate sample processor
in Atlanta yesterday at the AACC Clinical Lab Expo. The Agility
system represents a long-awaited advance for laboratories seeking
to improve the workflow efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and
reliability of results of open enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(ELISA) testing systems. The Agility system significantly reduces
hands-on time for ELISA test procedures, offering walk-away
performance for sample and reagent loading, liquid transfer steps,
plate transfers, and pipetting. ELISA immunoassays are ubiquitous
in diagnostic labs, used for a wide variety of applications from
infectious disease to drugs-of-abuse testing.
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Breakthrough Automation for Open ELISA Systems
“The Agility system will revolutionize ELISA microplate
processing,” said Adrian Bunce, Magellan’s executive vice president
and chief innovation officer. “Open systems are usually lower
volume and slower than closed ELISA instruments. The Agility system
bridges the gap: never before has one instrument combined the
workflow performance typical of closed ELISA systems with the
flexibility of an open system. You can run more tests in less time
with fewer tedious steps and costly errors.”
Bunce explained that even with automated closed systems,
processing errors could occur in the dozen or more required manual
steps. For example, users must decant and measure reagents and
monitor and stock consumables, such as pipette tips and wash
buffers. The Agility system automates all these steps. “With
laboratories facing ever-increasing pressure to do more with less,
labor-intensive front-end pro
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