Exias Electrolyte Analyzer: Atechnologypar excellence

S Negi,National Sales Manager,Sowar

Over the years, there has been tremendous technological advancements in medical devices industry with strong focus on providing latest technology that has better features and ease of operation. Each technology that has advanced into medical industry has ensured that it addresses the issues and limitations of the technique or process that was practiced previously.

In the field of IVD, Electrolyte Analyzer has been one of the most commonly used equipment by pathological labs in the hospitals, diagnostic centers & biochemistry departments. ISE (Ion Selective Electrodes) Reagents based analyzer measuring mainly Na+, K+, Cl-/Ca++ has dominated the market for years and still.

These electrolyte analyzers measuring Na+, K+, Ca++/ Cl- essentially require heavy maintenance like frequent replacement of electrodes, reagents, cleaning solutions, conditioning solutions, deprotenizers and AMC/CMC. The shelf life of an electrode is not more than a year as per the manufacturers. That means users need to replace these electrodes (Na+, K+, Ca++/Cl) every year. The cost of each electrode of any manufacturing firm of repute is high. Besides, users have to spend on AMC/ CMC too. That means over the years, users have to spend heavily on the equipment and the cost adds up increasing per test cost. So, the actual cost per test is much higher than what is negotiated at the time of purchase.

The latest state of art technology based Exias Electrolyte Analyzer that has been recently launched by Exias Medical, Austria and exclusively promoted and sold in India by Sowar Medical, a di- vision of M/S Sowar Private Limited, CSC, C 9, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070 has addressed all these issues by completely doing away with the costs of frequent replacement of electrodes, cleaning, conditioning solutions, deprotenizers and AMC/CMC. It took Exias Medical five years of R&D to design develop ISE based Exias Electrolyte Analyser. All it requires is an "All in one Cartridge" that has Sensors, solutions, waste, All wear & tear parts like tubings, sample input, and valves etc. within it. The cartridge has in- electrolyte analyzer in the world that gives results in 25 seconds using only 20 microlitre sample volume. pack size, lower the cost per test. Exias Electrolyte Analyser has its own quality controls required by users to validate the results whenever asked for. built sample probe.

The built in printer gives results quickly once the details are fed by users. Another key feature of the analyzer is that whenever it goes on calibration mode for a short period of 30 seconds only for two-point calibration, it doesn't affect the numbers of samples while in case of electrodes-based analyzers, frequent calibration directly affects the numbers of samples.

It measures Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, PH & HCT in single aspiration of the sample besides calculated nCa++, Total Hemoglobin. Exias Electrolyte Analyser only requires 20 microlitre of sample vol- ume (Whole Blood, Serum, Plasma and Undiluted Urine) with results in 25 seconds only. Users have option to use Sample Tube, Capillary or syringe as well.

It is absolutely maintenance free analyzer and only

In Exias Electrolyte Analyzer, Users have options to opt for different cartridges pack sizes of 150 Tests (42 Days on board Shelf life), 300 Tests (42 Days on board shelf life) & 600 Tests (28 Days on board shelf life). Higher the

Exias Electrolyte Analyzer an absolutely maintenance free system with amazing ease of operation is indeed a world class equipment. It will bring drastic changes in the IVD industry with users switching over to it from traditionally used equipment Sowar Medical, a name that has established itself among the top firms in the point of care & IVD has strong Sales, Service & Distribution network all over India catering to needs of it's huge customer base will ensure that Exias Electrolyte Analyzer gets a grand success as well like its flagship product OPTI Blood Gas Analyzer.