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Launching AccuLoader, the world’s first patented precision auxiliary device for sample loading (Feb
관리자 / 2022-09-01
On February 25, 2021, BIONEER Corporation announced the launching of a new concept auxiliary device, “AccuLoader™,” designed to assist with the dispensation of samples and reagents to the correct wells and reduce the time spent on the sample preparation.
AccuLoader™ is the world’s first patented precision auxiliary device developed
by BIONEER Corporation. It can be applied to various molecular diagnostic
tests, including COVID-19 tests. The device has a variety of functions ranging
from scanning the information on a sample tube to automatically adjusting the
position of the well for correct sample dispensation. It is also equipped with
parts that aid in minimizing the chances of cross-contamination. Moreover, its
dedicated mobile app, the “AccuLoader,” allows for managing and merging
of all sample information collected from the same run.
Molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 is
primarily composed of three main steps: sample preparation, nucleic acid
extraction, and nucleic acid amplification.
Generally, a molecular diagnostic test
begins with the first step of loading the samples into the correct wells with
accuracy. These samples, which are collected from the patient, must be loaded
into the plate of the nucleic acid extractor. During this process, small,
microscopic splashes of samples with the target pathogen could enter the
adjacent wells or the samples may get loaded into a wrong well by mistake,
possibly resulting in cross-contamination and false-positive errors.
Consequently, dealing with a large number of samples would require a great deal
of skill and concentration – in other words, the testing personnel experience a
long preparation time and fatigue.
AccuLoader™ developed by BIONEER allows users to load the samples into the
correct wells and blocks the splashes from entering the well, in order to
ultimately prevent the obtaining of false-positive or false-negative results
caused by cross-contamination or human errors.
In addition, AccuLoader™
demonstrates an excellent performance in the COVID-19 pool test. By using the
pooling setting in the mobile app, samples can be quickly loaded into the
correct wells irrespective of the user's expertise. All sample data will be
automatically organized within the app to help users easily track and manage
the pooled sample information.
“In times like today, where it is difficult
to foster in a short period of time the experts of molecular diagnostics to
accommodate the ever-increasing demand for mass testing for COVID-19, our AccuLoader™
will become an essential device for the molecular diagnostics field,” stated a
source from BIONEER Corporation. “We are aiming for more than 5,000 sales to
the molecular diagnostic centers worldwide.”
BIONEER Corporation is the only company in
the Republic of Korea to offer the “total solution for COVID-19 diagnostic
tests.” It has supplied its molecular diagnostic instruments to more than 90
countries, and has provided more than 40 types of kits for nucleic acid
extraction and disease diagnosis. In continuation of last year’s escalated
revenue, the company is again expecting a high sales growth this year with its
large-scale development and supply of the above products.