We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. To learn more, click here. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. Cookie Policy.

Features Partner Sites Information LinkXpress
Sign In
Advertise with Us
RANDOX LABORATORIES

WATERS CORPORATION

Waters Corp. designs, manufactures, sells and services ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), high performan... read more Featured Products: More products

Download Mobile App




Next-Gen IVD LC-MS/MS System 5X More Sensitive for Quantifying Analytes in Saliva, Breath and Dried Blood Spots

By LabMedica International staff writers
Posted on 06 Apr 2023
Print article
Image: The new MassTrak IVD LC-MS/MS System featuring the Xevo TQ Absolute IVD tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer (Photo courtesy of Waters)
Image: The new MassTrak IVD LC-MS/MS System featuring the Xevo TQ Absolute IVD tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer (Photo courtesy of Waters)

As energy expenses increase dramatically and laboratory spaces remain in high demand, the need for an analytical instrument that can perform complex trace analyte quantification and increase in-house testing while also reducing energy consumption and saving lab space has become critical. Now, an extremely compact and sustainable analytical instrument accurately quantifies trace analytes with outstanding precision. This powerful instrument can improve patient care, generate cost savings, and meet a laboratory's unique analytical workflow requirements with its vast array of customizable options.

Waters Corporation (Milford, MA, USA) has introduced its next-generation Xevo TQ Absolute IVD mass spectrometer, expanding its family of MassTrak IVD LC-MS/MS Systems for clinical diagnostic applications. The new MassTrak LC-MS/MS IVD system now comprises the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS liquid chromatography instrument and the Xevo TQ Absolute IVD mass spectrometer. The ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System is designed to provide fast and precise sample analysis to improve mass spectrometer sensitivity and simplify complex sample characterization. The Xevo TQ Absolute IVD System is more consistent than other tandem quadrupole-mass spectrometry (TQ-MS) systems, with a user-friendly design that maximizes service uptime. Additionally, it is 45% smaller and uses 50% less nitrogen gas and electricity than comparable TQ-MS systems, making it ideal for hospital and commercial labs seeking to reduce energy consumption and save space.

The Xevo TQ Absolute IVD mass spectrometer offers exceptional analytical performance, with up to five times greater sensitivity for quantifying clinical analytes compared to other commercial instruments available. This heightened sensitivity allows clinical laboratories to detect and measure trace-level analytes within a sample, reaching detection levels previously unattainable. This capability expands the testing capabilities of clinical laboratories, making it possible to work with lower volume samples obtained from less invasive assays such as saliva, breath, and dried blood spots. Additionally, the system empowers clinical laboratories to expand their test menu to include multiplex panels and large molecules.

“Waters’ MassTrak IVD systems gives clinical diagnostic laboratories highly precise and flexible options that ultimately enable clinicians to provide better patient care,” said Jianqing Bennett, Waters Corporation Senior Vice President of the Waters Clinical Business Unit. “Adding the Xevo TQ Absolute IVD to the MassTrak IVD family offers customers class-leading sensitivity and analytical performance. Waters is uniquely positioned to enable clinical laboratories to develop reliable test methods for difficult analytes, helping them expand their capabilities to manage emerging remote sampling techniques.”

Related Links:
Waters Corporation 

New
Platinum Supplier
COVID-19 Rapid Test
OSOM COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
New
Gold Supplier
Melanoma Panel
UltraSEEK Melanoma Panel
New
Hematology Control & Calibrator
Hematology Control & Calibrator
New
Bordetella Test
Panther Fusion Bordetella Assay

Print article
GLOBETECH PUBLISHING LLC

Channels

Molecular Diagnostics

view channel
Image: The ClarityDX Prostate test can reduce unnecessary prostate biopsies by up to 35% (Photo courtesy of Nanostics)

Innovative Blood Test to Revolutionize Prostate Cancer Detection and Reduce Invasive Biopsies

One in six men will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis during their lives. Thankfully, if caught early, prostate cancer is highly treatable. However, the existing screening process has its limitations.... Read more

Hematology

view channel
Image: The latest FDA clearance has finally brought HemoScreen to its full potential as a true POC hematology analyzer (Photo courtesy of PixCell)

True POC Hematology Analyzer with Direct Capillary Sampling Enhances Ease-of-Use and Testing Throughput

An innovative 5-part differential Complete Blood Count (CBC) analyzer with direct capillary sampling capability significantly simplifies blood sampling and minimizes the pre-analytical process.... Read more

Immunology

view channel
Image: A new test could detect the body’s adaptive immune response to viruses (Photo courtesy of 123RF)

Predictive T-Cell Test Detects Immune Response to Viruses Even Before Antibodies Form

The adaptive immune system is an incredible defense mechanism that allows the human body to identify and mount targeted responses against specific pathogens. T-Cells, a special kind of white blood cell,... Read more

Microbiology

view channel
Image: On-chip pretreatment and rapid AST based directly on positive blood cultures (Photo courtesy of Liu Yang)

Integrated Solution for Rapid AST Directly From Positive Blood Cultures to Combat Bloodstream Infection

The presence of living bacteria in the bloodstream, known as bacteremia, can lead to serious conditions like bloodstream infections (BSIs) and sepsis, which can often be fatal. Quickly prescribing the... Read more

Pathology

view channel
Image: A new microscopy method detects treatment-resistant cancer cells early (Photo courtesy of 123RF)

New Rapid-Live Screening Microscopy Technique Enables Early Detection of Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells

Chemotherapy serves as an effective tool in the fight against cancer, yet some cancer cells can evade treatment by going into a dormant state known as senescence. These so-called therapy-induced senescent... Read more

Technology

view channel
Image: A new electrochemical device can quickly and inexpensively identify people at greatest risk for osteoporosis (Photo courtesy of ACS Central Science, 2023)

Electrochemical Device Identifies People at Higher Risk for Osteoporosis Using Single Blood Drop

With the global increase in life expectancy, the incidence of age-related conditions like osteoporosis is increasing. Osteoporosis, affecting around 200 million individuals worldwide, has a higher incidence... Read more

Industry

view channel
Image: AACC Middle East is a two-day conference that brings the latest in laboratory medicine to the Middle East region (Photo courtesy of ADLM)

AACC Middle East 2023 to Explore Latest Trends in Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

The AACC Middle East Conference and Exposition will be held by the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM - formerly AACC, Washington, DC, USA) in partnership with Life Dx (Abu Dhabi,... Read more
Copyright © 2000-2023 Globetech Media. All rights reserved.