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MAS
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ITC
Signature + Coagulation Device
Interfaced to RALS®-Plus
Charlottesville,
VA – August 1, 2003 – Medical Automation Systems, Inc. (MAS;
Charlottesville, VA) announces the availability of ITC’s Hemochron
Jr. Signature+ Coagulation device to it’s RALS-Plus interface
menu. The
Signature+ is a low blood volume, cuvette based whole blood
microcoagulation instrument that performs a wide range of
point-of-care tests including ACT-LR (low range), ACT+, PT,
Citrate PT, APTT and Citrate APTT.
Configuration and management functions for device tests are
accessed in one system using RALS-Plus.
Through the RALS-Plus system, users can now access a host
of functions through the user interface, including Results
Review, Test Materials, Administrative Settings, Device
Configuration, Device Management, Comments, Operators
& Certifications, Reports, Flagged Results, Status, and Edit
Logs. Users can manage operators and certification for the
Signature+ in one system and configure Signature+ device options
over the network, as well as generate reports from the RALS-Plus
system without leaving their office.
In addition to this device, RALS-Plus includes interfaces to
the Roche Diagnostics AccuChek Inform, HQ and GTS glucose
devices, the Roche Coaguchek ProDM coagulation device;
Lifescan’s SureStep Flexx and SureStep Pro glucose devices; I-STAT’s
I-STAT 1 and PCA blood gas devices; Bayer Diagnostic’s
Rapidpoint Coagulation device; Biosite’s cardiac marker
devices; Instrumentation
Laboratory’s
GEM®
Premier 3000
blood
gas
device; and
HemoCue’s
HemoCue®
B-Hemoglobin DM
device.
International
Technidyne Corporation (ITC) is a subsidiary of Thoratec
Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR).
ITC (www.itcmed.com)
is a world leader in the fields of hemostasis management and
point-of-care testing with over 30 years of knowledge and
experience. ITC devices are reliable, easy to use, and enjoy
significant brand recognition as a result of their product
superiority. ITC develops, manufactures and markets products in
four distinct categories: HEMOCHRON® point of care coagulation
instruments and reagents; skin incision products including
tenderfoot®, Tenderlett® and Surgicutt®; the ProTime®
Microcoagulation System for prothrombin time testing at home and
for professional use; and introducing the newest addition to
ITC's alternate site point-of-care testing, the Hgb Pro
Professional Hemoglobin Testing System. |
