Core Chemistry auto analyzer

Physical characteristics

• Weight: 20 kg
• Hight:40 cm
• Depth: 60 cm (23.6 in)
  Width: 38 cm (14.9 in)
• POWER SUPPLY 100 – 240 Vac, 50 / 60 Hertz, single phase with ground
  Fuses: 2.5A @ 230 Vac, 3.15Amp @ 115 Vac Power consumption: less than 150 VA (external PC excluded) Ground resistance: less than 0.1 Ohm
  Leakage current: less than 2.5 mA
• SAMPLING ARM 1 sampling needle, 75 mm needle stroke
  Capacitive liquid level detector
• DILUTER SYRINGE Long life plunger
  Syringe capacity, 368 µL Syringe resolution, 0.07 µL
• HYDRAULIC 2 self-priming peristaltic pumps
  SYSTEM with replaceable neoprene cassette
  Optional 3rd peristaltic pump + aspiration needle to empty reaction cuvettes
  Pinch valve
  Containers: Water, 5 L; Waste, 5 L Water average consumption: 5 mL / test
  REAGENTS TRAY Removable reagent rack 20 bottles, 40 mL or 18 mL
  Optional multiple reagent trays with worklist automatically managed by the software
• SAMPLES TRAY Removable tray, 10 numbered positions, tubes of 12 – 13
  mm, 3 – 5 mL/ cups of 1 mL (cups requires a metal adapter for level detection)
  Optional configuration: 10 reagent positions and 20 sample positions
• CUVETTE ROTOR 4 reaction segments of 24 optical cuvettes (single use) total 96 REACTION CELLS Optical path 9.5 mm, 300- 500 µL reaction volume
  100W heating resistance, temperature sensor
• OPTICAL GROUP 1 halogen lamp (6 V, 10 W) with extended UV emission 2 focusing lenses, optical glass
  10-position filter disk: 8 positions provided with interference filters of
• Operation features
  PIPETTING Volume: sample, 2 – 300 µl; reagent, 2-350 µL
  Precision: 1.5 CV% at 2 µL; 1 CV% at 4 µL Mixing by sample needle upon dispensation
• Reaction volume, 300 – 700 µL
• SAMPLE In-needle dilution if allowed by method’s sample volumes DILUTION Automatic pre-dilution in a reaction cuvette, up to 1:200
• TEMPERATURE Reagent refrigeration, circa 12 °C below room temperature CONTROL Reaction cells, heating unit can be set from room temperature
  up to 42 °C ±0.2 ºC
  Warm Up time: 30 min from 16 °C room temperature to 38 °C
• TYPES OF TESTS Endpoint, Biochromatic endpoint, Differential endpoint,
  Differential endpoint sample blank, Fixed Time, Kinetic, Kinetic Biochromatic
  TEST RUNS Random / Urgent (sample attribute) MEASUREMENT 145 tests/hour
  RATES
  Maximum incubation + reading time: 675- or 1350-seconds Typical precision, endpoint 2.0 CV% / kinetic 2.0 CV%
• CALIBRATION Reagent blank subtraction, 1 to 8 standards per test method, unlimited repetitions on every calibration point
  Linear: factor, linear, linear regression
  Nonlinear (5 interpolation types): cubic-spline, poly-linear, multi-parameter, logit-log four parameters and five parameters Free standard / control positions (5 mL tubes or 1 mL cups) Results can be recalculated when changing factor or calibration curve
• MAINTENANCE Procedures programmed by component life counters
  Simple yearly maintenance procedure
• PRINTING Single test, complete sample, work sheet, method and QCs REPORTS Automatic sample reports upon test completion if requested
• 340,405, 505, 546, 578, 600, 650, 700 nm wavelengths,
• 1 free position and 1 solid position for dark reading, ±2 nm on peak wavelength, band pass of ±10 nm
• PHOTOAMPLIFIER Photoelectric detector
  Signal amplifier
  Response range, 340 nm to 900 nm Photometric range, 0 to 3 Abs
  Linearity, 0.5% from 0.1 to 1.5 Abs
  Precision: 1% CV or 1 mabs min. (From 0.1 to 1.5 Abs) Stability: daily reader offset, less than 1% drift per day
• CONTROL Real-time multitasking microprocessor-based control
  Easy access to the electronics
• NEEDLE Sampling needle washed internally and externally
  WASHING with system solution after every operation
• POWER Standard VDE removable power cord
• EXTERNAL PC USB port
• HOST/ LIS Ethernet LAN (samples, work list, results) Standard ASTM ASCII protocol
• WORKLIST/ For each worklist: unlimited number of samples, unlimited
• SAMPLES number of tests, up to 99 sheets of tests per worklist.
  Tests archive with powerful search tools Patient management
• TEST METHODS Unlimited number of methods in PC memory 80 active methods
• QUALITY Three-level controls per test, one month monitoring CONTROL Reagent/calibrator/control lot monitoring,
  Exclusion of failing results from graphic and statistics
• ERROR LOG Automatically stored at run-time, can be viewed or printed