Abaxis公司的床边基础代谢检测盘上市

一种新型基础代谢检测盘是一种床边检测设备，可以帮助肿瘤科医生和血液科医生当场确定正在接受化疗的癌症患者的身体状况。

这种Piccolo检测盘能够在数分钟之内产生准确的结果，提供关于钙离子、氯离子、肌酐、血糖、钾、钠、总二氧化碳、尿素氮、镁和乳酸脱氢酶的信息。

Abaxis公司研制开发了这种产品，该公司主席兼首席执行官Clint Severson指出：“肿瘤科一直试图寻找更加特异性的治疗评估工具，设计这种检测盘是对这种要求作出直接的反馈。我们现在能够为肿瘤科用户特工完整的诊断手段，从而能够在治疗之前即时监测患者的健康状况。”

Abaxis公司研制开发、制造并销售血液分析系统，为临床医生提高快速血液成分检查。这套系统包括一套便携式分析仪以及一系列单次使用的试剂盘。这套系统可以检测全血、血清、或者血浆，在14分钟之内就可以得到检测结果。

Abaxis市场部主任Ron Blasig补充说：“再也不需要把检查送到外面的实验室去了。我们现在可以为肿瘤科医生提供他们所需要的全部信息，从而能够在数分钟之内就可以为患者制定出有效的治疗方案。”

POC Metabolic Panel for Oncology
 
A new basic metabolic panel is a point-of-care (POC) test designed to help oncologists and hematologists determine the fitness of cancer patients for chemotherapy while the patient is on site.

The Piccolo panel generates accurate results in minutes, providing information on calcium, chloride, creatinine, glucose, potassium, sodium, total carbon dioxide, urea nitrogen, magnesium, and lactate dehydrogenase.

“The test panel was developed specifically on direct feedback from oncology practices seeking a more specific treatment assessment tool,” noted Clint Severson, chairman and CEO of Abaxis, Inc. (Union City, CA, USA), which developed the panel. “We can now give our oncology customers complete diagnostic capabilities to monitor their patients’ health immediately prior to treatment.”

Abaxis develops, manufactures, and markets portable blood analysis systems to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements. The system includes a portable analyzer plus a series of single-use reagent discs. Whole blood, serum, or plasma may be tested with the system, and results are available in less then 14 minutes.

“Sending any tests to an outside laboratory is no longer necessary. We are providing oncologists with all the information they need to make effective treatment decisions for their patients in just minutes,” added Ron Blasig, director of marketing for Abaxis.