BlueDiver Instrument
A fully integrated platform for the automation of immunodot assays. Reagents come in sealed, ready-to-use cartridges, and the strips move through them. There is nothing to prime, rinse or replace.
Six things D-tek built the instrument around.
As compact as a microwave oven: 515 × 298 × 289 mm with the cover closed.
No pumps, no tubes, no dead volume. Reagent cartridges are ready to use and disposable.
Run 1 to 24 strips together, all the same test or a mix. It takes the whole range of D-tek immunodot strips.
Load the strips, the cartridges and the samples, then follow the run on the touch screen.
A built-in barcode reader checks that strips and cartridges match, and checks their expiry dates.
One hour from sample to developed strip, through a patented processing principle.
The same four steps for every test in the range.
Insert up to 24 strips into the clamp, from position 1 onwards.
One sealed reagent cartridge for each strip. The instrument reads both barcodes.
10 µl of serum for each strip, with no predilution.
After one hour, scan the strips with the BlueScan and Dr DOT. BlueDiver Dot strips can also be read by eye.
Technical data
| Capacity | 1 to 24 strips, incubated together |
|---|---|
| Processing time | 1 hour |
| Sample volume | 10 µl for each strip |
| Tests | BlueDiver Dot and BlueDiver Quantrix strips |
| Size, closed | 515 × 298 × 289 mm |
| Size, open | 515 × 298 × 430 mm |
| Weight | 13.0 kg with cables |
| Room temperature in use | +15 °C to +30 °C |
| Controls | Touch screen, built-in barcode reader |
| Manufacturer | D-tek s.a., Mons, Belgium |
A working station is the instrument, the scanner and the software.
Reading
A flatbed scanner made for strips, with an internal standard scale so it can be calibrated at any time, and software that turns each strip into a report.
| Results | Stored in a database with the scanned image |
|---|---|
| Export | CSV and LIS formats, PDF, print, e-mail |
| Licence | Valid indefinitely, with free updates |
Official distributor
Al Murtaja Medical Equipment (MME) is the distributor of D-tek s.a., Belgium, in Iraq, Syria and Jordan.
We supply D-tek's instruments and reagents, install them, train the laboratory's team and provide technical support, from our office in Amman.
