MOTION SYSTEM TRENDS
Motion control is central to
automated COVID-19 testing
This automated machine is a Roche MagNA Pure 24. It is a key tool in testing people for the coronavirus, in part because it’s common in laboratories and hospitals throughout the world. The Roche cobas 8800, which is nearly fully automated, can test human samples about 10 times faster.
AUTOMATED BIOCHEMICAL ANALYZERS vastly accelerate
suspected of having COVID-19. On March 13, 2020, the FDA
the testing of patient samples in laboratories, which has become
issued Emergency Use Authorization for their SARS-CoV-2 tests
critical now that the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the
run on cobas automated systems. This will make large-scale
globe. Advanced automation with motor-based motion systems
testing faster and more efficient.
will help in the fight to hasten diagnosis. Just consider the cobas 6800 and 8800 machines from Roche that automate testing of nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab samples from patients
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The Roche cobas 8800 can test 4,128 swab samples a day. That’s possible because human interaction is only required for three steps — the loading of reagents and other test consumables; the
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