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Product Name: Accessories & Technology
Product Description
Innovation represents a key element of BSD's Competitive Advantage. The
success of BSD's products is closely related to our proprietary technologies -
designed and developed within BSD. The BSD R&D team is constantly creating
cost-effective solutions and products for unmet market needs. More than 40% of
the Company's total resources are directed towards the creation of
market-oriented new products and technologies.
In addition, BSD Robotics is constantly working to refine the technologies
incorporated in our current product range. We constantly draw on the latest
engineering technologies to apply to our instruments. This policy allows the
company to maintain a leading edge in the market. BSD holds IP on all key
technologies for pre-processing of dried samples, including the use of lasers.
To complement our proprietary technologies, BSD has also secured world-wide
rights to other appropriate technologies, including the use of lasers to cut
media containing bio-samples, and the use of coring as a means of cutting media.
The leading-edge technologies developed by BSD include:
Card Scanner
The Card Scanner is designed to automatically locate the best target sites on
sample cards from which to punch dried sample. The Card Scanner passes light
through the sample area on the card , and measures the intensity of the light
transmitted through the card on a pixel-by-pixel basis, comparing the sample
density to pre-determined thresholds, and thereby determining the optimal
pattern in which to punch out samples.
Raised Die
The Raised Die was specifically designed to punch dried samples from filter
paper or other media, where that media is suspended in a cassette or frame. The
raised die eliminates the possibility of the paper tearing during punching due
to the suspension of the paper in the holder/frame. The Raised Die also allows
for the punching of Bios pot's Vibrissa's and BioDisks.
Low-Pressure Air System
The Low-Pressure Air System was developed to improve the effectiveness with
which punched disks separate from the punch during the punching process. Working
hand-in-hand with the Low-Pressure Air System, the Humidifier System impregnates
the flow of air pumped through the unit, thereby reducing the effects of static
electricity on punched disks, allowing them to fall freely through the chute and
into the designated well.
Light Targeting System
The BSD Light Targeting System is used on our semi-automated instruments and
illuminates positions on the sample card from which disks are to be punched. The
operator can then move the sample card to the optimum position under the
targeting lights. This eliminates the possibility of insufficient sample
material on the punched disks.
Computer Controlled Systems
All BSD instruments are computer controlled systems. Complementing the BSD
instruments is the highly flexible BSD software. The BSD software is 100%
developed in-house, which allows dedicated customization to individual
laboratory's needs and requirements. The BSD software allows flexible
programming of punching protocols/procedures/processes on a wide variety of
plate maps. The software generates an comma-delimited ASCII output file after
every run and each file includes several fields such as Tests Name, Plate No.,
Plate Barcode, Grid Reference, Sample Barcode , Type of Disk, Fill Order, Others
and a Comment. This file can be exported into the LIMES or any downstream
instruments for sample tracking. The BSD software is regularly improved/updated
with the latest features and functions.
Positive Identification
All BSD instruments have barcode reading capability which provides positive
identification of magazines, plates, sample cards, standard cards, control cards
and/or cleaning cards. The information generated by the barcode readers is
uploaded to a comma-delimited ASCII output file after every run. This file can
be exported into the LIMES or any downstream instruments. With barcode reading
capability fully utilized by the BSD software, BSD instruments have the ability
to punch according to an ASCII input file (e.g. for re-work and/or quality
purposes) imported from the LIMES and/or other instruments.
Disk Detection System
Most BSD instruments have a built-in disk detection system, which works to
ensure the integrity of the punching process. The Disk Detector System
incorporates a number of sensors (located in the lower section of the Chute)
designed to detect each disk as it passes, and a software element which
complements these sensors. The Disk Detection System detects and ensures that
the punched disks are deposited correctly into the pre-programmed well/tube
locations.
Company Details
BSD Robotics established in 1991, BSD is today regarded as the world leader
in relation to instruments (and the associated software) used in the neonatal
screening and DNA-related fields. Through the years, BSD has built a solid
global... more
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