Porous plastics specialist launches system to simplify sample handling

Porous plastics specialist Porex has launched filtration systems that aim to collect, filter, transfer and store samples in single, multi-function devices.

The company has developed the technology with the aim of minimising the need for different sample preparation materials and to speed up operations for diagnostics applications, and to reduce time and costs.

The Porex SQ-Easy and Porex Trans-it SQ-Easy are disposable devices engineered to provide off-line sample preparation for clinical and molecular diagnostic tests, PCR methodologies, DNA and RNA extraction procedures and rapid test kits.

Both the Porex SQ-Easy and Porex Trans-it SQ-Easy are designed for use with blood, serum, plasma and urine, as well as stool, saliva and nasopharyngeal substances.

Chandra Umapathy, global marketing director for biosciences: “Initial sample preparation is critical for achieving accurate, reliable results in diagnostics, and the integrated systems of the Porex SQ-Easy and Porex Trans-it SQ-Easy enable professionals in clinical and laboratory settings to maintain sample integrity while quickening operations and reaching faster diagnosis. Innovations like these are key examples of the ways in which Porex continues to make testing more seamless for the demanding diagnostics applications our customers face worldwide.”