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The best and most complete
ID/AST solution

Etest®

By Microbiologists
for Microbiologists

LyfoCults™ PLUS

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VITEK ® 2

VITEK ® MS

Myla™ – connecting your laboratory
through innovative Middleware

The principle behind the VITEK® MS for identification of
microorganisms is more than 20 years old. Working directly
with AnagnosTec and Shimadzu, two pioneers in the field of
bacterial identification using mass spectrometry, bioMérieux
offers VITEK® MS with the same high standards you expect
• 1988: first commercially available MALDI-TOF system from
Shimadzu
• 1998: AnagnosTec develops the SARAMIS™ Database
• 2000: European patent for the SARAMIS™ Database
• 2002: Koichi Tanaka (Shimadzu) wins the Nobel Prize
for Soft Laser Desorption*

* Desorption of large molecules that results in ionization without
the formation of fragment ions.

SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions
• Size (w h d) – 0.7 m x 1.92 m x 0.85 m minimum distance to wall at
back is 100 mm
• Weight – 330 kg excluding data system
Installation Requirements
• Electrical – 200 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 1000 VA single phase OR 230 VAC,
50/60 Hz, 1000 VA single phase
• A “clean”, stable and continuous mains supply is required
for reliable operation
• Temperature – ambient 18° to 26° Celsius
• Relative humidity – less than 70% non condensing
• Vibration free, firm, level floor, at least 330 kg supported at four points
Laser
• 337 nm nitrogen laser, fixed focus
• 3 ns pulse rate – 50Hz (50 laser shots per second)
• Near normal (on-axis) incidence of the laser beam to the sample
• Laser power and laser aim under software control
Analyzer
• Linear flight tube of 1.2 m drift length
• Vacuum maintained by two turbomolecular pumps (nominal 250 l/s)
with rotary backing
• Beam blanking to deflect unwanted high intensity signals e.g. matrix ions
Mass range
• 1 to 500 kDa

bioMérieux S.A.
69280 Marcy l’Etoile
France
Tel. : 33 (0)4 78 87 20 00
Fax : 33 (0)4 78 87 20 90
www.biomerieux.com
www.biomerieux.com/vitek-ms