READERS COMPARISON EMEA, LATAM, APAC

Fact sheet
Across System®
Features DG Reader Net Saxo ID-Reader Banjo ID Reader Ortho Optix
Gel Card Reader
Technology DG Gel cards ID-Cards ID-Cards BioVue cassettes Across Gel cards
Card capacity 1 24 1 1 1
Color camera Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Identification of liquid
Yes Yes Yes ? No
reagents
Integrated BC reader Yes No (external) No (external) No (external) No (external)
Integrated PC Yes No No No Yes
Integrated Touchscreen Yes No No No Yes
Integrated centrifuge No Yes No No No
Yes (IH-Com Yes (IH-Com Yes (optional,
Middleware connection Yes (optional) Yes (optional)
mandatory) mandatory) Ortho Connect)
Cards reading One side One side One side Bilateral One side
Maintenance Monthly cleaning ? ? ? No maintenance
< 4 min for 24 ID-Cards
Speed of reading 2 seconds < 2 seconds ? ?
<15 min w centrifugation
No (but antigenic tables
Software for antibody ID Yes Yes Yes No
available w/ 2D barcode)
Titration reading Yes (up to 128) Yes (up to 2048) Yes (up to 2048) Yes (up to 2048) Yes
Immediate Spin
No No No Yes No
Crossmatch
LIS Connection Uni-directional Bidirectional Bidirectional Bidirectional Uni-directional

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READERS COMPARISON EMEA, LATAM, APAC
Fact sheet
DG Reader Net Saxo ID Reader Banjo Optix Across Reader
Features
(PC embedded) (PC Excluded) (PC excluded) (PC excluded) (PC embedded)
? ? (similar
Width (W) 439 mm; 17,3 in 540 mm; 21,3 in 250 mm; 9,8 in
(similar to Banjo) to DG Reader Net)
? ? (similar
Depth 286 mm; 11,3 in 545 mm; 21,4 in 390 mm; 15,4
(similar to Banjo) to DG Reader Net)
380 mm; 15 in (760
Measures Height 406 mm; 16 in mm; 29,9 with open 150 mm; 5,9 in
?
(similar to Banjo)
? (similar
to DG Reader Net)
lid)
Weight
8,5 kg; 18,7 lb 27 kg; 59,5 lb 5,3 kg; 11,7 lb ? ?
(Wg)

Grifols Bio-Rad Dia Pro Across

Features DG Spin &
DG Therm
W: 410 mm; 16,1 in
Centrifuge measures
Wg: 9 kg; 19,8 lb
Manual Incubator measures
W: 310 mm; 12,2 in
Wg: 4 kg; 8,8 lb
instruments
Number of cards in the C: 24 / I: 24
centrifuge (C) / incubator (I) (2 areas x 12 cards)
ID Centrifuge L &
Incubator L
W: 380 mm; 15 in
Wg: 13 kg; 28,7 lb
W: 380 mm; 15 in
Wg: 13 kg; 28,7 lb
C: 24 / I: 36
(3 areas x 12 cards)
Ortho
Centrifuge &
Workstation
Incubator
W: 410 mm; 16,1 in
W: 575 mm; 22,6 in Wg:11,5 kg; 25,3 lb
Wg: 11 kg; 24,3 lb W: 280 mm; 11 in
Wg: 6 kg; 13,2 lb
C: 24 / I: 24
C. 10 / I: 20
(2 areas x 12 cards)

Centrifugation time 9 min 10 min 5 min 9 min

15 min (10 min for 10 min (15 min for

37°C incubation time 15 min 15 min
some antisera) some antisera)

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