Overview

The Helena AggRAM offers fully customisable platelet aggregation and Ristocetin cofactor testing using light transmission aggregometry on plasma.

 

Detection principle:

• Light transmission
• 4 channel laser optics utilising 650nm wavelength

 

Measurement:

• Aggregation
• Agglutination

 

Sample processing

• Plasma sample
• Micro-volume testing – minimum cuvette volume of 150μl
• 4 or 8 patient samples per run
• 12 sample incubation positions
• 4 ambient reagent positions

 

Main features

• Flexibility – customise your assay test sequence, calibration, dilutions, volumes, run times, display parameters, input additional agonists and create new screens
• Half-volume – fully optimised half volume settings, including programmable stirrer speed
• Powerful data handling – automatic calculation of slope, max% aggregation, time to max aggregation, lag phase, secondary slope and area under the curve (research use only) with full manual edit options
• Security – operator log on with password level protection
• Database – extensive database for patient results, quality control and standards. Data retrieval with the safety of full automatic backup
• Interface – LIMS uni-directional host interface
• Quality control – Levey-Jennings display of QC data based on assigned Westgard rules with integrated corrective action log
• Available PC/Printer option