Features of SAPPHIRE XT®

General Specifications

Additional Specifications

Measurement   
System: Desktop fully automated random access analyser   
Number of tests on board :20 reagent positions on a tray (ten 50ml and ten 20ml bottle positions)   
Throughput: 90 tests / hr max   
Analytical method / Assay Type: Endpoint and Rate assays, 1 and 2 point   
Calibration curve: Factor, linear, 2 point and multipoint, point to point, log at log, exponential, spline   
   
Sample Handling   
Contents of test: TDM, DOA, Immunoassay   
Sample Pump Type: Micro Syringe   
Sample number: 90 tests / hr max - up to 10 samples per tray and can handle STAT sample also   
Sample volume: 2 to 35 µl (increments of 0.1µl)   
Automatic dilution: Yes   
STAT sample measurement: Immediate Access and Execution   
Sample identification: External Barcode Reader - this is optional   
   
Reagent Handling   
Reagent tray: 20 positions cooled   
Reagent Pump Type: Micro Syringe   
Reagent volume: 20 to 350 µl (increments of 1 µl)   
Reagent cooling temperature: Cooling with Peltier element (8 to 15º C)   
Residual volume information: Calculation of remaining reagent volume available   
Reagent identification: Removable tray with reagent bottle holder on a turntable.   
Barcode reagent ID reading with optional handy barcode reader   
Cuvette Tray exchange: Manual   
   
Reaction   
Cuvette material: Resin (Disposable - automatic loading system)   
Reaction liquid volume: 350 µl Max. in total   
Reaction temperature: 37°C   
Wavelength:    
Mono + Bio-Chromatic with multi-wavelength   
Diffraction Grating - 8 Wavelengths   
340nm to 800nm - 8 discrete wavelengths by filter   
Light Source: Tungsten halogen lamp   
Linear Range: OD 0 – 2.5 CHECK   
Water Consumption: 2ltrs/hour   
   
User Interface   
Run Monitor: Operation status on-screen   
Quality Control: Levy-Jennings Graph - Daily/Cumulative   
Data Storage Capacity: Unlimited (user can save data to a USB memory stick)   
Printer: External   
Environmental: 15~30°C 45-85% rel. Hum