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| 1971 |
ACA-III
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Chemistry |
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Unique U-shaped glass reaction tube |
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Capable of simultaneous processing of 4 items/60 specimens per hour |
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| 1974 |
ACA-201 (for Japanese Red Cross Society)
| Chemistry |
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Based on ACA-III but with increased processing capacity |
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Analysis unit capable of simultaneous processing of 2 items/180 specimens per hour |
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| 1974 |
UCA
| Chemistry |
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Dry-bath, rate assay capabilities, including direct photometry of reaction tubes at 340nm |
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360 specimens/hour |
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| 1974 |
KKA-1
(Asia : KKA-1) | Chemistry |
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Desktop rate assay system |
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| 1975 |
ACA-201 (general-use)
(Asia : ACA-201)
| Chemistry |
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| 1976 |
QUICKRATE
(North America, Asia : QUICKRATE )
| Chemistry |
| - |
Commercial model based on KKA-1 |
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Modified version of QUICKRATE sold in Japan, with additional cuvette rotation and agitation function |
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| 1977 |
ACA6000S delivered | Chemistry |
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High-speed system order-made for large commercial laboratory |
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Enhanced version of ACA601, five linked units capable of simultaneous processing of 4 items/240 specimens per hour |
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| 1977 |
ACA601
| Chemistry |
| - |
Three linked ACA-201 units |
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Capable of simultaneous processing of 6 items/180 specimens per hour |
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| 1978 |
ACA6000
| Chemistry |
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Super-high-speed analyzer for general users, based on ACA6000S |
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| 1978 |
ACA6000R | Chemistry |
| - |
A unit capable of simultaneous rate assay processing of 4 items/120 specimens per hour |
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Capable to connect with ACA6000 |
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| 1978 |
AES
(1979 Europe : HITE )
| Electrophoresis |
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World's first protein fractionation system with full automation of complex operations |
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Capable of processing 100 specimens in 3 hours |
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| 1980 |
ACA6008N
| Chemistry |
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Supplied to Japanese Red Cross as successor to ACA-201 |
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Capable of simultaneous processing of 4 items/120 specimens per hour |
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| 1981 |
AES200
(Europe : HITE200)
| Electrophoresis |
| - |
Based on first-generation AES concept with more compact design for small-scale laboratories |
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Capable of processing 30 specimens per hour |
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| 1981 |
SPECTRONIC 2100 | Chemistry |
| - |
Semi-automatic desktop rate assay analyzer |
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Imported from Bosch& Lomb and sold by Olympus |
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| 1982 |
AU500
(1983 Europe : ERIS, North America : Demand)
| Chemistry |
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Many unique functions, including random access, disposable cuvettes, and reagent aliquoting |
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Capable of 400 tests per hour |
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| 1982 |
ACA8000
| Chemistry |
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Scaled up version of ACA6000 |
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Support for up to four units capable of simultaneously processing 8 items/300 tests per hour |
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| 1982 |
ACP5040
| Chemistry |
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Fully automated desktop analyzer |
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Capable of 300 tests per hour |
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Imported from Eppendorf and sold by Olympus |
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| 1983 |
ISA-K
| Chemistry |
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| 1984 |
AES600
| Electrophoresis |
| - |
Higher throughput version of AES |
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Capable of processing 54 specimens per hour in standard zone and 103 specimens per hour in mini-zone |
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| 1984 |
PK7100
(Europe : PK7100)
| Blood transfusions |
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Automated blood typing system |
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Exclusive microplate agglutination system |
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240 specimens per hour |
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| 1985 |
AU5000
(North America : AU5000)
| Chemistry |
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Successor to ACA8000 |
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Direct photometry of reaction tubes |
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Capable of accommodating up to eight units capable of simultaneously processing 4 items/300 tests per hour |
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| 1985 |
ACA8000N | Chemistry |
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Supplied to Japanese Red Cross as successor to ACA6000N |
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Single-unit version of ACA8000 |
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| 1985 |
AU550
| Chemistry |
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AU500 with addition of electrolyte measurement system |
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| 1985 |
AU700
| Chemistry |
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High-speed random-access analyzer |
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Capable of processing 720 specimens per hour |
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| 1985 |
NAKL-2
| Chemistry |
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Specialized sodium, potassium and chlorine measurement system based on ion-selective electrode method |
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| 1985 |
BUN-1
| Chemistry |
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Specialized system for measurement of urea nitrogen using enzyme conductivity method |
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Capable of processing 60 specimens per hour |
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| 1985 |
CRE-1
| Chemistry |
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Specialized system for creatinine measurement using dual-wavelength rate assay |
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Capable of processing 60 specimens per hour |
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| 1985 |
GLU-2
| Chemistry |
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| 1986 |
AES300
(1985 Europe : HITE300)
| Electrophoresis |
| - |
Faster successor to AES200 |
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Capable of processing 30 specimens per hour in standard zone and 51 specimens per hour in mini-zone |
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| 1987 |
PK300
| Immunology |
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Bead solid-phase enzyme immunoassay system that performs B/F separation in U-shaped reaction tubes |
| - |
Capable of batch processing 60 specimens per hour |
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| 1988 |
PK310
| Immunology |
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Random-access version of PK300 |
| - |
Capable of processing 60 tests per hour |
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| 1988 |
PK310 | Immunology |
| - |
Random-access version of PK300 |
| - |
Capable of processing 60 tests per hour |
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| 1988 |
AU510
(North America : REPLY, Europe : ETEC)
| Chemistry |
| - |
Version of AU550 with enhanced photometry |
| - |
Photometric system based on rotation of spectroscopic system and reaction tube table, using diffraction grating |
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| 1989 |
AES310
| Electrophoresis |
| - |
Version of AES300 with enhanced data processing functions |
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| 1990 |
AES620
| Electrophoresis |
| - |
Version of AES600 with increased processing capacityy |
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Capable of processing 54 specimens per hour in standard zone and 150 specimens per hour in mini-zone |
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