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TekCel
News: Introducing Adaptive Process TechnologyT May 25th 2004. Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA - TekCel, a leading innovator of sample management and assay automation systems for life science research, offers new proprietary Adaptive Process Technology™ (APT) as the foundation of its Tube Management System. APT uses a combination of robotics and software to optimize tube picking processes to achieve overall throughput and efficiency. "APT transforms the TubeStore into an expert system." said Dr. Robert J. Rosenthal, TekCel's President and CEO. "As with expert systems, which analyze data and provide best possible options or answers to an inquiry, APT reviews all pending pick lists or jobs and their desired output and then prioritizes and arranges samples to quickly deliver them for processing. These activities are being performed in a controlled, inert environment to protect the integrity of samples." APT runs from a single laptop and requires simple lists of retrieval requests (jobs), a selection of output format and a priority rating. The system determines the optimal schedule for processing all of the jobs. Process efficiency increases as more jobs are added to the queue because APT can cache tubes for lower priority lists that are encountered while pulling racks of tubes containing tubes for the highest priority list. The entire process may be paused at any time to add a newly requested top priority sample or list. Likewise, all pending jobs may be reprioritized at any time. Return of samples and other housekeeping processes may run in the background while maintaining the highest level of sample integrity. APT allows the user to focus on the most needed output replicates while the system schedules all retrieval, processing and return activities of the sample archive. APT tracks all transactions and provides upper level LIMS access to the database. About TekCel Founded in 1998, TekCel is a leading innovator of sample management and assay automation systems for life science research. TekCel's solutions yield dramatic improvements in efficiency and effectiveness by automating manual processes, integrating applications and maximizing process controls to ensure biological and chemical sample integrity and resulting data fidelity. TekCel's modular, scalable family of products includes sample management automation, liquid handling, software and proprietary consumables addressing researchers' needs from archive compound storage through screening result. TekCel's products provide the quality and reliability required in high throughput production environments. For more information, contact TekCel, Inc., 103 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Tel: 800-310-5866 (in US). Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1480 431900 (Europe). Email: info@tekcel.com . Website: www.tekcel.com . Press Contact: Anna L. Barcelos MarCom Manager TekCel, Inc. 103 South Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 USA T: 508-544-7000, x233 F: 508-544-7001 W: www.tekcel.com
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