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More reliability in the lab
An innovative robotic sample management system developed by the SME-led PMS project carries out complex sample transport operations rapidly and with a high level of reliability. Read more …
Recast of the Medical Devices Directives is „not needed“
The European Medical Device Industry associations resist the European Commission’s proposal to build up a centralized European agency for Medical Devices. The new authority is Read more …
Specimen preparation – Leica expands product portfolio
Recently in February, Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany, acquired Bal-Tec AG, Liechtenstein-based manufacturer of optical instruments. This transaction will allow Leica to Read more …
New Optical Breast Imaging System
Advanced Research Technologies Inc. ("ART") announced the first sale of SoftScan® optical breast imaging system to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Read more …
AU-Connector transports Olympus to the fast lane
Rising costs, budgets and regulatory requirements have shaken up all medical areas except one – laboratory medicine. Now the wind has changed direction, affecting in-house labs, Read more …
Virtual slide for real analysis
The updated Olympus dotSlide digital virtual microscopy system can scan entire slides at high resolution and fidelity, making them accessible and fully navigable anywhere in the Read more …
Strong market growth for Electronic Lab Notebooks
The market for Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) is booming. Experts assume that technological developments and the growing demand to archive and store lab-data and therefore improve Read more …
Blood products and radiofrequency identification (RFID)
The Sato Corporation specialises in barcode printing – established in Japan, it pioneered the first hand labellers in 1962 and, in 1974, developed a printer able to print barcodes Read more …
Beckman Coulter Launches the UniCel® DxI 600
Beckman Coulter has launched the next analyzer in its growing family of UniCel® systems, the UniCel DxI 600 Access® Immunoassay System. This instrument is designed for Read more …
For use with microscopes
The new Olympus E-330 micro-imaging system for microscopy includes the world’s first digital SLR camera to show real-time frame images on the LCD, the company reports. ‘The Read more …
Microscopy: Single-Lens Reflex camera shows real-time frame images
The Olympus E-330 digital micro-imaging system promises new perspectives for biological procedures: With the unique digital Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) camera real-time frame images Read more …
Advances in analytical and diagnostic tests
The development of diagnostic products and systems has paralleled the development of new technologies in fields such as biology, electronics and computer science.
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Live cell imaging
Bio-imaging Facility at the University of Manchester ordered three new Nikon eC1 confocal microscopes.
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Quicker lab reports saves costs
Beckman Coulter developed a new integrated lab systems: The UniCel DxC880i prototype should deliver efficient disease management services.
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Analysis made easier
The Leica DMD108 has been designed to ease the growing workload in histopathology laboratories.
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High-tech plaster for analgesic therapy
It sticks to the skin like a plaster, but this credit-card sized innovation contains an entire patient-controlled drug-delivery system.
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