The system is capable of detecting and counting particles in the mass range 50nm - 5µm.
Using the technique of Resonant Mass Measurement (RMM), Archimedes detects and counts particles and determines their mass and size with high resolution and accuracy, in small sample volumes.
The patented technology was co-invented by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Affinity Biosensors.
A major area of application is the measurement of protein aggregation in biotherapeutic formulations, which provides critical information needed to speed development and improve drug safety and efficacy.
Key features include:
- Accurate particle counting capability in the size range 50nm - 5µm
- Measurement of particle mass to 350ag
- Size resolution of <20nm at 1µm diameter
- Low sample consumption: 100µL
- Differentiation between negatively buoyant and positively buoyant particles
- Capable of measuring high concentration samples (to 109 particles/mL) and high viscosity samples (to 100cP)
- Fast, NIST-traceable calibration
- ParticleLab software
Materials characterisation company Malvern Instruments has recently signed an agreement with Affinity Biosensors to distribute the Archimedes Particle Metrology system through its subsidiaries in Europe and Asia.
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