Automated Osmometer eliminates manual pipetting.
Press Release Summary:
To enhance clinical laboratory productivity and workflow, A2O(TM) Advanced Automated Osmometer offers touchscreen interface, fully automated sample processing, as well as intelligent liquid handling. Multi-sample instrument, used for osmolality testing, incorporates software control package and multiple QC features. Other features include selectable system operation and access levels, positive sample identification, and customizable sample testing protocols.
Original Press Release:
Advanced Instruments Introduces A2O Advanced Automated Osmometer Featuring Breakthrough Automation and Performance Levels
NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - Advanced Instruments, Inc., today introduced the A2OTM Advanced Automated Osmometer, a multi-sample instrument that sets new benchmarks for analytical performance, ease of use, and true walk away operation capabilities in osmolality testing. The announcement was made at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's 2011 Clinical Lab Expo.
"The A2O represents a major step forward in osmometry technology and offers clinical laboratory customers an exceptional opportunity to enhance their productivity and workflow," said Kelly Peterson, product manager, Advanced Instruments. "It combines a highly functional design, exceptional performance, and an intuitive software control package that is both powerful and elegantly simple to operate."
A2O Eliminates Time-Consuming Manual Pipetting
With its intelligent liquid handling, the A2O is the first osmometer to eliminate time-consuming and labor-intensive manual pipetting - the leading cause of sampling errors and inaccurate test results. The instrument fully automates sample processing to achieve dramatic gains in laboratory productivity and efficiency.
The instrument's flexible software brings exciting new features and benefits to clinical laboratories:
"Advanced Instruments has leveraged its 50 years of freezing-point technology experience to revolutionize osmolality testing," said Peterson. "The A2O's technology will allow clinical laboratory users to achieve more results, faster - and more efficiently."
For more information on the A2O Advanced Automated Osmometer, visit www.aicompanies.com/A2O or call +1 781.320.9000.
About Advanced Instruments, Inc.
Advanced Instruments, Inc., and our subsidiaries, Delta Instruments and Mart® Microbiology, design and manufacture instrumentation for clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, microbiology, and food laboratories. Our quality brands include Spiral Biotech, Fiske Associates, and D & F Control Systems. The products we make help healthcare providers improve their quality of care, and industrial companies enhance their quality and productivity.
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