ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay System
How does your lab meet varied testing demands?
| Overview | |
| System Description | Random access immunoassay system |
| Throughput | Up to 240 tests per hour |
| Time To First Result | 18 minutes; results every 15 seconds thereafter, assay dependent |
| Assays On Board | 30 |
| Assay Packs | ADVIA Centaur® ReadyPack™ assays |
| Assay Technology | Direct Chemiluminescence using Acridinium Ester technology |
| Sample Handling | |
| Sample Tubes | 1 mL, 2 mL, 3 mL, 5 mL, 7 mL, 10 mL, micro container tubes |
| Sample Carriers | Universal 5-position rack holds multiple tube types; 180 samples fully loaded; no-pause loading and unloading |
| STAT Handling | Dedicated STAT port accepts samples any time |
| Sample Types | Serum, plasma, urine - assay dependent |
| Sample Volume | 10 uL to 200 uL assay dependent |
| Sample Integrity Control | Pressure transducer technology with clot management, detection, and flagging. |
| Sample Pipette Tips | Ensure zero sample carryover |
| Automatic Dilutions | Varies by assay, up to 1:1000 |
| Bar Codes | |
| Code 128, Code 39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5 | |
| Reagent Handling | |
| Reagent Cooling | 30-position reagent tray cooled 4°C to 8°C |
| Reagent Integrity Control | Barcode reagent identification, automatic inventory tracking and flagging, calibration validity tracked and flagged, reagent on board stability tracked and flagged, reagent expired/ reagent low flagging |
| Reagent Mixing | ReadyPacks automatically rocked onboard |
| Ancillary Reagents | 25-position ancillary reagent tray cooled 4°C to 8°C |
| Supplies | |
| Cuvettes | 1,000 ADVIA Centaur cuvette capacity |
| Sample Tips | ADVIA Centaur type, 840 on board, automatic tracking, and flagging of inventory |
| Continuous Operation | |
| Loading/unloading of samples and consumables at anytime without he need to interrupt system operations, includes: sample racks, STATS, reagent packs, ancillary reagent packs, reaction cuvettes, sample pipette tips, calibrators, controls, wash fluids, water, and waste. | |
| User Interface | |
| Monitor | 19-inch diagonal high-resolution LCD touch screen with adjustable height |
| Operating System Results Management | Dual Sun Microsystems Sparc® II processors; Microsoft® Windows® XP |
| Host Interface | RS232C bidirectional and host query; Ethernet connection available; 25,000 result storage; archive to removable media; automatic reflex testing |
| Smart Algorithm Software | Repeats and confirms reactive testing; results available as completed |
| Quality Control | |
| Advanced QC package includes Levy-Jennings plots and Westgard rules; 65,000 control results can be stored | |
| Removable Media | |
| DVD or CD-RW | |
| Device Management | |
| 100 Base-T Ethernet port for remote access and Siemens Remote Service proactive service modem | |
| General Specifications | |
| Electrical | 208-240 V at 50/60 Hz; meets regulatory requirements for UL, CAN/CSA, IEC1010. JIS, CE, CISPR11 Class A |
| Power Consumption | 1 KW in ready state; 1.5 KW in operating state |
| Water | Deionized type II |
| Dimensions | 51.5 (h) x 72.4 (w) x 41.0 (d) in-130.9 (h) x 183.9 (w) x 104.2 (d) cm |
| Weight | 1,200 lbs (545 kg) |
| Floor Load-bearing Requirement | 390 kg/m2 (80lb/ft2) |
| Operating Environment Temperature | 18-30OC; humidity 20-80% noncondensing |
| Ventilation | 10,000 BTU/hour |
| Noise Emission | 58.8 db in ready state; 61.3 in operating state |
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