A15S

Specifications

Throughput

150 t/h

Light source

Halogen lamp (6V, 10W)

Lightpath

6 mm

Wavelengths

340 - 405 - 505 - 535 - 560 - 600 - 635 - 670 nm (+1 additional filter can be added by user)

Wavelength accuracy

±2 nm

Spectral range

340 - 900 nm

Photometric range

-0.05 to 3.0 A

Internal resolution

<0.0001 A

Baseline stability

Max. 0.004 A, 30 minutes at 505 nm

Photometric detection system

Silicon photodiode

Maximum capacity of samples

72 (or 48 in A15C)

Barcode reader

External

Size of primary tubes

Ø 13 mm or 15 mm (max. height 100 mm)

Sample well diameter

13 mm

Sample types

Serum, plasma, urine, whole blood, cerebrospinal liquid, semen and biological fluids

Dispensing pump

Ceramic pump of high durability

Dispensing tip

Stainless Steel 110 mm

Level detection

Capacitative

Sample pipetting volume

From 2 μL to 80 μL

Pipetting resolution

0.1 μL

Predilution ratio

From 1:2 to 1:200

Clot detector

No

Tip wash

Inside and outside

Positions for racks (reagents or samples): 4 (reagents or samples) or 2 in A15C

Rack samples capacity

24 sample positions/rack

Number of reagents per reagent rack

10 bottles of 20 or 50 mL

Volume of reagent bottles

20 mL, 50 mL

Cooled reagent

Yes in A15C. 20 reagents max.

Temperature range of refrigerator

10°C below room temperature (at 25°C)

R1 volume

10 μL to 550 μL

R2 volume

10 μL to 200 μL

Dispensing mode (reagent)

Ceramic pump without maintenance

Pipetting resolution (reagent)

1 μL

Tip wash (reagent)

Inside and outside

Reaction volume range

From 180 μL to 800 μL

Number of wells

120

Well material

UV methacrylate

Type of incubation

Dry without maintenance

Temperature

37.0 °C

Temperature accuracy

±0.2 °C

Connectivity to LIS

Yes

IVD - CE

Regulation (EU) 2017/746

Size (w., d., h.)

815 x 665 x 600 mm

Weight

45 kg

Mains voltage

115 to 230 V

Mains frequency

50 or 60 Hz

Electric power

150 VA (200 VA A15C)

Ambient temperature

From 10 to 35°C

Relative humidity

<75%

Altitude

<2500 m

System liquid solution bottle volume

3 L

Washing solution bottle volume

3 L

Waste solution bottle volume

3 L

Operating system

Windows® 10 64 bit (x64)

CPU

Equivalent to Intel Core i3 @3.10 GHz or higher

RAM

512 MB

Hard disk

20 GB or higher

Monitor minimum resolution

800x600

Connector of serial channel

USB

A15S key feature

Cap piercing function to reduce tube manipulation; dedicated software for fecal sample analysis

Fecal calprotectin (FCAL) method

Immunoturbidimetric latex; Analysis mode: Fixed time bireagent; Detection limit: 7.93 µg/g; Linearity limit: 2000 µg/g; Wavelength: 535 nm; On board stability: 30 days; Repeatability: 2.3% at 115 µg/g; Reproducibility: 4.0% at 115 µg/g; Sample type: Feces collected with Stool collection tube

FOB (fecal occult blood) method

Latex enhanced immunoturbidimetric; Measuring range: 20-1000 ng hHb/mL; LOD: 15 ng hHb/mL; LOQ: 20 ng hHb/mL; Wavelength: 505 nm; Linearity: 0-1000 ng hHb/mL; Sensitivity: 96%; Specificity: >99%