EPIQO
Your state of the art IFA slide automatic scanner
EPIQO is an automated system consisting of a fluorescent microscope and software for routine laboratory used by professional users.
The automated system acquires, analyzes, stores and displays digital images of stained indirect immunofluorescent slides.
It is intended as an aid in the detection and classification of certain antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence technology (IIF). All suggested results obtained with EPIQO system must be confirmed by a trained operator.
Automated scanning, analysis and interpretation of test results are performed strictly on certain IFA ANA HEp-2 slides. The IFA ANA HEp-2 kit is an indirect fluorescent antibody procedure for the detection and semi-quantitation of human nuclear autoantibodies by manual fluorescence microscopy or with the Imaging System, to be used as an aid in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases.
Features
- Equipped with 4X and 20X
- Average Scanning speed 30 seconds/well
- LIS connection
- Data traceability (2D barcode reading)
- HEp-2 pattern recognition
- Mitosis recognition
- End titer prediction
- Image storage
- Digitalization of other IIF substrates
EPIQO
- Up to 8 slides per single batch
- Multi-round function to include more than 8 slides in each work session
- Highest quality images and representation fidelity
- Less than 30 seconds to scan a HEp-2 well at 20x
- Less than 2 minutes to scan a tissue well at 20x
- High usability interface verified according to IEC 62366
- Simplified installation with single plug & play USB connection
- Full traceability with 2D barcode decoding and LIS/middleware interface
- Complete slide digitization and archiving with advanced search queries
Customers rely on us for quality, experience in manufacturing IVD medical devices and our capabilities in developing new products. And they talk about it, worldwide.
Value-added reporting of antinuclear antibody testing by automated indirect immunofluorescence analysis
Article in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – November 2013
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0610 – Source: PubMed
Automated Indirect Immunofluorescence Evaluation of Antinuclear Autoantibodies on HEp-2 Cells
Jörn Voigt 1, Christopher Krause 1, Edda Rohwäder 1, Sandra Saschenbrecker 1, Melanie Hahn 1, Maick Danckwardt 1, Christian Feirer 1, Konstantin Ens 1, Kai Fechner 1, Erhardt Barth 2, Thomas Martinetz 2, and Winfried Stöcker 1
1 Institute for Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
2 Institute for Neuro- and Bioinformatics, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
Received: 05 Oct 2012, Accepted: 18 Oct 2012, Published: 11 Nov 2012
Academic Editor: Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Correspondence should be addressed to Jörn Voigt: j.voigt@euroimmun.de
Automated indirect immunofluorescence antinuclear antibody analysis is a standardized alternative for visual microscope interpretation
Carolien Bonroy, Charlotte Verfaillie, Vanessa Smith, Lies Persijn, Evy De Witte, Filip De Keyser, Katrien Devreese
PMID: 23612554 – DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0016
Clin Chem Lab Med – September 2013