Instrumentation Laboratory, Lexington, Mass, introduces the GEM Premier™ 4000 Critical Care Analyzer. The GEM Premier analyzes blood gas, electrolytes, metabolites, Glu, Lac, Hct, tHb, O₂Hb, COHb, HHb, MetHb, sO₂, BUN, creatinine, total bilirubin, and HCO_3-*, and comes equipped with integrated CO-oximetry that quickly provides consistent, accurate, lab-quality results. Easy-to-use touch-screen displays make it simple to select and customize parameters. Self-contained cartridges incorporate all components for patient testing and are maintenance-free. iQM® automates quality control and continuously detects, corrects, and documents to assure quality results and compliance, 24/7, regardless of operator or testing location. GEMweb® Plus software enables remote access to any networked analyzer for real-time status updates and supervision of remote locations.

*in development

(800) 955-9525
www.ilus.com

OPTI Medical Inc, Roswell, Ga, manufactures and markets the OPTI line of blood-gas, electrolyte, and glucose analyzers. The OPTI CCA-TS has a color touch screen that incorporates step-by-step pictures for easy operation. The OPTI is the only portable blood-gas analyzer on the market that directly measures tHb and SO₂ in addition to blood gas, electrolytes, and glucose. The OPTI provides a maintenance-free system with single-use cassettes stored at room temperature that contain all the sensors and calibrating solutions. Take the analyzer for a virtual test drive with the interactive presentation on the company's Web site.

(800) 490-6784

www.optimedical.com

ITC, Edison, NJ, added the lactate assay to its IRMA TRUpoint^®. Easily transportable, the system provides rapid, accurate point-of-care testing in emergency and critical care situations. Single-use cartridges are available in a variety of analyte configurations. Stored at room temperature, the cartridges are capable of testing blood gas, electrolyte, chemistry, and hematrocrit. Electronic quality control, data management, and an on-board printer are additional features of the system.

(800) 631-5945
www.itcmed.com

Nova Biomedical, Waltham, Mass, offers the Stat Profile^® Critical Care Xpress (CCX). Critical Care Express measures blood gases, electrolytes, chemistry, hematology, and on-board CO-oximetry in a single, compact analyzer. Individual tests include pH, PCO2, PO2, SO2%, hematocrit, hemoglobin, sodium, potassium, chloride, ionized calcium, ionized magnesium, glucose, BUN, creatinine, lactate, and bilirubin. The CCX can provide a full 20-test profile from a single 210 microliter sample in just 2 minutes, with simple push-button operation. The CCX analyzer offers a number of innovative time and labor saving features, including automated maintenance, snap-in sensor and reagent cartridges, and on-board, automated controls. Integrated on-board data management software allows data capture, manipulation, and reporting, and simplifies regulatory compliance.

(781) 894-0800, (800) 458-5813
www.novabiomedical.com

Radiometer America, Westlake, Ohio, introduces the ABL800 FLEX. The analyzer embodies quality while meeting the demand for simple, maintenance-free blood gas and acute care testing. Critical results are available in less than 80 seconds on whole blood. The analyzer's modular design can be configured to measure any desired combination of pH, blood gas, electrolyte, oximetry, and metabolite parameters, including creatinine and bilirubin. FLEXMODE, ideal for precious pediatric samples, adapts measurements to the sample volume, prioritizing parameter results from any capillary sample. The ABL800 FLEX's front-end automation simplifies sample identification, mixing, and aspiration.

(800) 736-0600, ext 333
www.radiometeramerica.com

RAM Scientific, Yonkers, NY, offers the SAFE-T-FILL^® blood gas capillary tubes, which are 100% plastic for safe capillary blood collection to meet all federal and state laboratory safety compliance requirements. Used to collect capillary blood samples, these capillary tubes are ideal for replacing glass capillary, Natelson, and Caraway tubes. Available with either sodium or balanced heparin, and in a variety of sizes, SAFE-T-FILL blood gas capillary tubes may be used for blood gas analysis, for tests for multiple analytes, or as a transfer device for PKU and POC testing.

(800) 535-6734
www.ramsci.com