A new generation of ELISA/IFA (Immuno-Fluorescence Assays) analyser for use in hospital immunology and microbiology departments has been introduced by Labmedics.
The Mago 4 is proven Diamedix/Delta Biologica ls technology that uses tried and tested engineering for 'walk away' analysis.
Mago 4 is an 'open' multi-function analyser that operates as an Elisa instrument and also offers IFAs, serum agglutination and haemagglutination, making it suited to smaller/medium-sized laboratories that cannot justify automation with assay volumes of one measurement only.
The system can also accommodate assays from other companies, allowing the customer to choose from a range of reagents.
Mago 4 offers positive identification of samples, disposable tips capability and a Windows XP software platform.
Once processing is underway, the graphical interface provides the operator with continuous information on batch progress.
A colour display shows which tubes have been processed and indicates whether errors, such as insufficient samples, have been encountered.
'Mago 4 offers an ideal solution to the often labour intensive routine tests for the detection and monitoring of autoimmune disease,' said Julie Downsborough of Labmedics.
Labmedics offers a range of autoimmune ELISAs, including kits for diagnosis and monitoring of systemic rheumatic and connective tissue diseases (for example SLE), autoimmune vasculitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, neurological diseases, coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease.
The product can also be used for IFAs, which are used in the diagnosis of infectious and autoimmune-mediated diseases.
Infectious disease kits include Torch, common community-acquired viral and bacterial infections, and a range of allergy and hormone ELISAs.
