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Posted on 01 Aug 2016

Image: The Transferpette S multichannel pipette (Photo courtesy of BrandTech Scientific).

Image: The Transferpette S multichannel pipette (Photo courtesy of BrandTech Scientific).

A line of liquid handling products, including single and multichannel pipettes, is featured at the 2016 AACC Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo (Philadelphia, PA, USA).

BrandTech Scientific, Inc. (Essex, CT, USA) will be featuring in Booth 3258 of the expo their line of BRAND liquid handling products, including the Transferpette S single and multichannel pipettes optimized for handling of sensitive clinical samples. These high quality laboratory tools are designed for ergonomic one-handed volume adjustment, are completely user serviceable, fully autoclavable, and are CE-IVD compliant.

The Transferpette electronic pipettes with individually adjustable finger rests have been independently certified as “Ergonomics Approved” by a nationally recognized testing laboratory (NRTL). All BRAND liquid handling products are designed for in-lab calibration for ISO/GLP compliance.

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