PathFinder 900 Plus

The PathFinder 900 Plus manages the distribution of blood, serum or urine samples in your pathology laboratory by automating receival, tracking, sub-sampling and archiving of samples. It integrates a number of processing functions into one platform:

• Sorting of tubes to different destination racks
• Identification of each tube by bar code
• Recognizing each type of tube from a wide range of different tubes
• Determining the specimen type of a presented tube
• Determining how much sample is in a presented tube
• De-capping of sample tubes
• Preparation and labelling of secondary tubes
• Aliquoting of sample from a primary tube to one or more secondary tubes
• Recapping of a primary tube (after aliquoting) with its original cap
• Foil sealing of an uncapped primary or secondary tube
• Archiving of completed tubes into storage racks
• Sorting of tubes to different destination racks
• Identification of each tube by bar code
• Recognizing each type of tube from a wide range of different tubes
• Determining the specimen type of a presented tube
• Determining how much sample is in a presented tube
• De-capping of sample tubes
• Preparation and labelling of secondary tubes
• Aliquoting of sample from a primary tube to one or more secondary tubes
• Recapping of a primary tube (after aliquoting) with its original cap
• Foil sealing of an uncapped primary or secondary tube
• Archiving of completed tubes into storage racks

Technical Specifications

Modularity
PathFinder™ 900 Plus – a truly modular system that can be customised to the individual processing requirements of each laboratory.

Flexibility
The location and number of rack loading (input) or unloading (destination) locations is completely flexible. With three-sided access, the PathFinder™ 900 Plus can be orientated to optimise the workflow in the laboratory and to allow for smooth interaction with multiple operators at the same time.

High Throughput
A dual track design allows parallel sample processing to improve overall efficiency. So for example, samples that require just sorting bypass sample queues for aliquoting or foil sealing. This maximizes system throughput particularly when processing samples with mixed workloads.

Smart Processing
The PathFinder™ 900 Plus’ workcell controller monitors the input workload and automatically optimizes the work directed to each module to maximize its throughput.

• Multiple aliquots per primary tube (limited only by available sample volume).
• Intuitive user interface.
• Re-cap primary tube with original cap after aliquoting.
• High-Capacity storage racks.
• Wide range of rack adapters for different analyzers.
• Foil sealed tubes are low cost, leak free to -80 deg C and meet IATA packing standards.

Downloads

• Product Brochure (pdf)

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