Technological advancements and emerging trends in Immunochemistry Instruments and Reagents

Designation: Deputy Product Manager – CLIA, Mindray India

The term automation refers to the execution of processes with only minimal involvement of an analyst.

Today we are confronted with a new world of Automation- a complex integration of robotics, liquid handling, and numerous other technologies with fundamental purpose of saving time and improving the performance through elimination of Human error and reduced risk of cross-contamination.

The large-scale clinical laboratories are under high pressure to improve their report quality, to reduce costs, to increase revenues, to grow capacity, and to deliver results faster against their common challenges of growing sample workload, shortage of skilled man power, regulatory requirements, and instrument maintenance.

The integration of chemistry and immunoassay onto one system has captured the direct attention of laboratories everywhere to overcome the above challenges.

Consolidating instruments not only reduces the hardware footprint in the laboratory butalso offers operational benefits such as reduction in the periodic maintenance, Singletube processing, increased sample loading capacity, broader test menu, significant walkaway capacity and effective planning on the reagents and consumables inventory.

The integrated analyzers with expanded capacities and menus can reduce the number oftests that are sent out and enable laboratories to develop profit centres through outreach. Laboratories are increasingly interested in minimizing send-outs and being able to do more and more of the testing in their own laboratories, particularly as testing that was once considered esoteric starts to become more accepted and more widely ordered.

Manufacturers continue to develop new assays intended to meet unmet needs—both current and future. New markers are being explored in areas such as fertility, cancer, liver fibrosis, cardiovascular, and infectious disease. Old markers are further studied and analyzed for ways to improve sensitivity, specificity, and assay performance.

Mindray provides individual Chemistry and Immunoassay analysers with different throughputs which are suitable for Low to medium to High workload Laboratories. We also have the Chemistry & Immunoassay integrated SAL series which will be a “one-stop solution” for the Core laboratories.

Mindray Serum Automation Line (SAL) SAL-6000 & SAL-9000 is a high-performance integrated system connecting a Chemistry Analyzer seamlessly with a Chemiluminescence Immunoassay analyzer. With a patented automatic serum analysis design, the SAL series not only helps you optimize the management of lab space and manpower but also offers highly reliable test results. The Immunoassay platform in Mindray is equipped with the most advanced Chemiluminescence technology which have very high sensitivity, specificity, and a wide assay menu.

Mindray has been providing scalable, automated solutions designed to optimize workflow and maximize lab efficiency without sacrificing quality. With Mindray's reliable solutions, high-volume laboratories can address their challenges of growing sample workload, shortage in manpower, regulatory requirements, and instrument maintenance.