SampleScan 96

BioMicroLab

Sample Management Automation

Tube and Vial Handling

Volume

Verification

SampleScan 2D

barcode readers

About BioMicroLab

BioMicroLab’s parent company: CopyPro, Inc. 20-year track record in manufacturing material handling products

Modern CNC sheet metal/machined metal production systems

In-house engineering team

Focus: Industrial products with easy-to-use software

Holds several US Patents

BioMicroLab’s history 2001 - XL20 Tube Handling Instrument development begins

2003 - BioMicroLab incorporates

2004 - XL20 launched at Lab Automation Conference

2004 - Released 2D tube rack and single tube readers

2005 - XL9 Tube Handler introduced

2006 - Launched SampleScan HS and VolumeCheck at Lab

Automation 2006

2007 – Shipped 100th XL20 Tube Handling System

2008 – Released XL100 Vial Handling Instrument

2009 – Introduced the SampleScan Mini and SampleScan Plus

2010 – Released Decapper and Automated Capper for XL100

2011 – Added Liquid Handling to the XL100

Typical BioMicroLab Customers

• Compound Sample Management Laboratory

– Large Pharmaceutical Companies

• Bench top automation for central sample repositories

– Small and Large Biotech Companies

• Main robot for handling laboratory sample libraries

• Genomic Research Facilities

– Usually research departments at Hospitals and Universities

• Genomic Core Facilities

• Tissue Banks

• DNA Banks

• BioBanks

BioMicroLab Customers

Sample Management Automation

Tube Handling Instruments

– XL20 Tube Handling Instrument

– XL9 Tube Handling Instrument

– XL100 Vial Handling Instrument

– MX4 Sort and Scan

SampleScan 2D Readers

– SampleScan 96 – multi-rack reader

– SampleScan Plus – single tube reader

– SampleScan HS – camera based high speed reader

– SampleScan Mini – scanner based high speed reader

Volume Verification Instruments

– VolumeCheck – ultrasonic detection of sample in well plates

– XL20 Automated Balance – gravimetric volume tracking

– XL20 LevelCheck – sensor detects sample meniscus in capped vials

BioMicroLab Tube Handlers

XL20 Tube Handler

XL9 Tube Handler

XL100 Vial Handler

MX4 Sort and Scan

VolumeCheck

VolumeCheck – Volume Verification Instrument

SampleScan 2D Barcode Readers

SampleScan Plus Single Tube Reader

SampleScan Mini Single Rack Reader

SampleScan HS Single Rack

High Throughput

SampleScan Mini with1D reader Fully Automated Single Rack Reader

SampleScan 96 Entry-Level

Single Rack Scanner

SampleScan Plus - Single Tube Reader

SampleScan Plus 2D/1D Reader

Plug-and-play barcode reader for 1D and

2D barcodes

Keyboard wedge functionality

Scans and decodes in less than one

second

Size: 4” wide X 4” deep X 5 ½” tall

One USB connection

No power supply needed

SampleScan 96

SampleScan – 2D Readers

Main Applications

Helps prepare sample database

Captures 2D barcodes for tube library

management

Confirms 2D tube and tube rack association

SampleScan 96

• Multiple SBS tube rack formats: 12, 24, 48, 96, 384 and customizable

• Multi-vendor technology for compatibility with 2D Bar-coded 96-tube racks from Nunc,

Matrical, ABgene, Matrix, Greiner, Wheaton, Matrical, Corning, and Micronic

• Decodes one 96 tube rack in < 20 seconds

• Single tube scan feature

SampleScan 96

SampleScan 96

System includes:

• Scanner Unit, SampleScan Software,

one passcode, and Manual

Computer Requirements

• Windows XP/Vista/7

• 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended)

• One USB port

SampleScan 96 - Captures and Decodes

SampleScan 96

scans and decodes

the tube rack

Green squares are

successful decodes

Operator clicks

OUTPUT to save

data

SampleScan 96 – Output File

Create Output File

Create Output screen

opens

Operator enters Rack ID

and clicks create

Create Output screen

displays output file

destination folder and

content

SampleScan 96 – Edit 2D barcode

2D Bar Code Editing

Double-click on red

circle to open the

Barcode Details

screen shown

Manually enter barcode

SampleScan 96 Output File

Example of SampleScan 96 Output file

• File format - .csv file

• Customer determines content

• Customer can organize data

SampleScan 96 - Output File Options

Output File Options

Assign destination folder

Cumulative log file

Column-wise vs. row-wise

File header

Arrangement and content of

output file columns

Contact Information

BioMicroLab, Inc.

Web: www.biomicrolab.com

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (925) 689-1200 or Fax: (925) 689-1263

Mail: 2500-A Dean Lesher Drive

Concord, CA 94520 USA