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Ortho launches Vitros XT 3400 Chemistry System
April 2020—Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in February made available its Vitros XT 3400 Chemistry System.
The new system, like the Vitros XT 7600 Integrated System, simultaneously performs two tests frequently ordered together on one Vitros XT MicroSlide. Double assay processing offers a 25 percent faster turnaround time on a common panel of assays, Ortho said in its Feb. 26 statement, with an average processing time of 7.5 minutes. The XT MicroSlide allows for a sample volume of 2.7 μL.
Ortho said the Vitros XT 3400 completes its suite of Vitros XT Solutions.
In other news, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announced in March two FDA clearances, one of its Vitros Brahms PCT assay, which will be available on the Vitros 3600 Immunodiagnostic System, Vitros 5600 and Vitros XT 7600 Integrated Systems, and Vitros ECi/ECiQ Systems.
The other is for its Ortho Sera ID-MTS, a suite of extended antigen in a gel testing format used for blood phenotyping for patients in need of transfusion. It is cleared to run on Ortho Vision and Vision Max in the United States and Canada. The clearances allow testing for more than 99 percent of the most commonly tested blood group antigens to be performed on one platform.