Instrumentation
The instruments below can be obtained with the purchase of reagents. Contact your Quidel sales representative for details.
Solana® by Quidel
Solana, a simplified molecular testing platform, is making molecular diagnostics faster and easier than ever before, without sacrificing performance. Solana combines Quidel’s proprietary helicase-dependent amplification (HDA) with fluorescence detection to deliver results you can trust, in an actionable timeframe.
Solana’s excellent performance, simplified workflows, and limited capital equipment make it easily accessible and adoptable by healthcare providers. The instrument offers an intuitive user experience with a guided touch screen interface, procedural controls, and supervisor overview options. Solana’s LIS connectivity and the power of Virena® provide the added benefits of data management and infectious disease reporting.
Applied Biosystems® 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument by Life Technologies
The Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument with SDS v1.4 Software is a 96-well, 5-color real-time PCR instrument available for in vitro diagnostic use. The 7500 Fast Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument delivers the performance required for high-quality results. This proven platform in a plate-based format allows for multi-well multiplexing.
Intuitive Software to Run Pre-Optimized Protocols
The 7500 Fast Dx Sequence Detection Software v1.4 Security, Auditing, and E Signature module offers the flexibility to develop assays and also run pre-optimized protocols for users operating in a secure environment.
QuantStudioTM Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument by Life Technologies
The QuantStudio Dx Real-Time PCR Instrument represents 20 years of qPCR innovation and our commitment to enhancing molecular diagnostics solutions. The QuantStudio Dx instrument provides your clinical laboratory with performance you can trust, security you demand, and flexibility you need in your workflow to meet the needs of your lab today and tomorrow.
Flexibility you want
In Test Development Mode, the QuantStudio Dx instrument enables the creation of new assays in 96-or 384-well plates, and qPCR Microfluidic Card formats provide easily interchangeable thermal cycling blocks to accommodate your lab’s throughput assay development. The 96-well fast block can be used in IVD mode.
Efficient workflows
A simplified instrument and assay workflow as well as intuitive software makes the entire test—from processing to reporting—efficient and cost-effective. Plus, it frees up highly trained operators to perform more complex tasks.
