AggRAM Platelet Aggregation
Overview
The Helena AggRAM offers fully customizable 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 250μl
- 4 or 8 patient samples per run
- 12 sample incubation positions
- 4 ambient reagent positions
Main features Of AggRAM
- 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