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ITC Signature+ Interfaced to RALS^®-Plus Information Management System

Charlottesville, VA – July 31, 2003 – Medical Automation Systems, Inc. (MAS; Charlottesville, VA) announces the availability of ITC’s Hemochron Signature+ Coagulation device to its 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

• Edit Logs

Users can also manage operators and certification for the Signature+ in one system and configure Signature+ device options over the network from the RALS-Plus system without leaving their office.

The Signature + interface is now available in the 1.2.1 release of RALS-Plus, which also 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.  

ITC 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 Systems.