Salient Characteristics.docx

SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Equipment must have the physical characteristics to enable the government to perform the capabilities:

Full Automation

· Must include ability to load reagents and samples and walk away

· All gel processing and scanning are automated

· Colored lighting provides visual status updates

Auto Sampling and Application

· Liquid level sensing

· Auto dilutions for immunofixation

· Positive ID from tube to gel to final report

· Automatic application of samples to gels

· Application system unaffected by triglycerides or large proteins

· Peltier-driven temperature-controlled chamber

Revolutionary Antisera Application System

· Ready-to-use, color-coded antisera in temperature controlled on-board storage

· Antisera for up to 15 profiles applied directly to gel

· No crossover contamination

· Liquid stain, ready to be aliquoted and rolled on

· Ready-To-Use Stains / Integrated Reporting

· Liquid stain, ready to be aliquoted and rolled on

· QuickScan Touch Plus on-board with linking to other Helena gel and V8 Nexus CE data

· Myeloma Module provides linking to historic data for rapid review and reporting

· A Composite Key Identifier feature that creates a unique identifier from two demographic fields, such as name and date of birth.

· One to 100 SPE per gel

· 15 IFE Profiles in 90 minutes

· 500 SPEs in 8 hours

· 5 Minute setup per run