In the new system, tubes are picked en masse, rather than singly, making the picking process many times faster than its competitors
RTS Life Science says it is now completing its breakthrough development in the storage and handling of 384 tubes, which was announced last year.
The company has filed four patents for its new 384 tube storage and picking techniques.
RTS believes its technology is faster, has greater storage density and is more reliable than any other currently available.
These techniques are fully scalable and will be available for use on all RTS's stores, alongside the company's existing 96 tube storage and handling methods.
James Craven, head of 384 tube technology product development, explained: "With sample requirements becoming ever smaller and with pharmaceutical companies growing wary of putting compounds through the freeze-thaw cycle, having 384, single shot, tubes in our stores definitely taps into the compound storage trend.
"However, the tubes are so small that the picking tolerances are tiny.
"We knew that, for speed and accuracy, we had to avoid the need for XYZ manipulation.
"Like all RTS designs, we have focused on removing risk from the overall product by creating proof of principle prototypes".
In the new system, tubes are picked en masse, rather than singly, making the picking process many times faster than its competitors.
RTS has worked closely with various third party suppliers, in particular ABgene, in the development of this system that works equally well with 96 tube racks as with 384.
The new system has also been proved to work well in a -20C environment.
The first confirmed order for the special 384 tube technology has been placed, as part of an RTS sample store solution.
