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Siemens’ Sysmex CA-600 automated hemostasis analyzers are designed to handle routine and specialty testing for low- and high-volume labs, Hauser says. The CA-620 model is for labs that conduct basic clotting tests. The CA-660 performs routine clotting tests as well as chromogenic and immunoassay tests, which include Siemens’ Innovance antithrombin, D-dimer, and vWF assays.
At Helena Laboratories, hemostasis/point-of-care division global marketing manager Dave Pearman reports that use of his company’s AggRAM platform continues to grow worldwide. Early this year, he says, the company will release an updated version of the analyzer’s HemoRAM software with enhanced search features, improved instrument startup time, an expanded LIS output stream, and more. Helena also continues to offer its Cascade M and M-4 coagulation systems, he says.
Finally, Bio/Data Corp. last year introduced for its Platelet Aggregation Profiler 8E (PAP-8E) a telephone-guided calibration verification service called Tele-Check. With Tele-Check, says vice president and CSO William M. Trolio, a company service technician guides labs through the PAP-8E calibration verification process. A Bio/Data quality control representative later reviews the results generated. If the results are acceptable, the company issues and sends to the lab a certificate of testing and calibration verification and calibration sticker. Later this year, Trolio says, Bio/Data will introduce Collagen SRP, a research-use-only synthetic agonist for platelet function testing.
CAP TODAY’s coagulation analyzers product guide includes systems from the aforementioned companies and from American Labor/Lab A.C.M., Cepheid, Chrono-Log Corp., and LABiTec GmbH. The companies supplied the information listed. Readers interested in a particular analyzer should confirm it has the stated features and capabilities.
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Brendan Dabkowski is CAP TODAY associate editor.