Blood gas and haemostasis analysers from Techno Medica (Japan) and RENDER Biotech. Each listing gives the manufacturer’s published specifications. Ask us for a quotation or for help choosing.
Specifications are as published by each manufacturer and may change without notice.
Techno Medica Co., Ltd
Blood gas and electrolytes
From Techno Medica: a portable analyser that runs on sensor cards, and the benchtop GASTAT-700 series, offered here in two models, one of them with CO-oximetry.
Portable blood gas and electrolyte analyser (point-of-care testing)
GASTAT-Pro
Manufacturer:
Techno Medica Co., Ltd · Japan
GASTAT-Pro is a portable blood gas analyser from Techno Medica that uses single-use sensor cards. It measures pH, pCO2, pO2, electrolytes (Na+, K+, Cl−, Ca2+) and Hct, and gives results within 45 seconds of sample injection.
Key specifications
Measures pH, pCO2, pO2, Na+, K+, Cl−, ionised Ca2+ and Hct, and also reports calculated values such as HCO3−, base excess and estimated sO2.
Blood gas and electrolyte results within 45 seconds of sample injection; the full cycle is 135 seconds (90 s calibration + 45 s analysis).
Sample: human whole blood, serum or plasma; sample volume over 90 µL.
Sensor card panels include P1 (pO2, pCO2, pH, Hct), P2 (adds Na, K, Cl, Ca) and P3 (adds Na, K). Cards keep 2 months at room temperature or 12 months refrigerated.
Portable unit of 1.0 kg (100 × 220 × 90 mm) that runs on 4 AA batteries (standard or rechargeable) or an AC adapter, with a colour touch LCD and a built-in 58 mm thermal printer.
Benchtop blood gas and electrolyte analysers, two models offered
GASTAT-700 series
Manufacturer:
Techno Medica Co., Ltd · Japan
The GASTAT-700 series from Techno Medica are fully automatic benchtop pH and blood gas analysers. The two models shown here share the same housing: the GASTAT-720 measures blood gases, electrolytes and haemoglobin, and the GASTAT-735aqc adds glucose, lactate, total bilirubin and a CO-oximetry panel, with automatic quality control. Both accept whole blood, serum, plasma and dialysate.
Shared by both models
Same housing for both models: 400 (W) × 575 (D) × 635 (H) mm, 28 kg.
Sample types: whole blood, serum, plasma and dialysate.
Colour LCD touchscreen, and automatic, programmable 1- and 2-point calibration.
Data memory for 10,000 samples, barcode reader (12 code types) and line thermal printer.
TCP/IP LAN connection with an IHE-compatible interface.
Battery-assisted operation to keep running through power cuts.
GASTAT-720 and GASTAT-735aqc compared
Feature
GASTAT-720
GASTAT-735aqc
Blood gases (pH, pCO2, pO2)
Yes
Yes
Electrolytes (Na+, K+, Cl−, Ca2+)
Yes
Yes
Haemoglobin
cHb
ctHb2.0–23.0 g/dL
Glucose and lactate
Not available
YescGlucose, cLactateGlc/Lac electrode guaranteed for 3 months
Total bilirubin
Not available
YesctBil2.0–60.0 mg/dL
CO-oximetry (sO2, FO2Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb)
Not available
YesEach 0.0–100.0 %
Sample volume, syringe
195 µL
195 µL
Sample volume, capillary
80 µL
100 µL
Sample volume, micro mode
40 µL
40 µL
Time to result (fastest)
About 60 secondsFull cycle about 120 seconds
About 90 secondsFull cycle about 260–340 seconds, depending on glucose and lactate
Automatic quality control (aqc)
Not availableNot on the base model (no aqc suffix); Techno Medica also lists a GASTAT-720aqc.
YesAutoQC
aqc: automatic quality control (AutoQC) variant, as defined in the GASTAT-700 series brochure.
According to the same brochure, the GASTAT-735/735aqc measures bilirubin and CO-oximetry with a newly developed ultrasonic haemolysis method.
Thromboelastography (TEG) from RENDER Biotech, for assessing how blood clots and how fibrinolysis proceeds.
Thromboelastography (TEG) analyser
ITEG6
Manufacturer:
RENDER Biotech Co., Ltd
The ITEG6 is a thromboelastography (TEG) analyser from RENDER Biotech that assesses how well blood clots and how fibrinolysis proceeds. It covers standard, rapid and heparinase TEG, functional fibrinogen and platelet mapping. RENDER Biotech positions the current version, listed as ITEG6+, for medium and large hospitals.
Key specifications
Thromboelastography (TEG) tests the efficiency of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis, and is used in blood banks, laboratories, surgery and anaesthesiology.
Test menu: standard TEG, rapid TEG, TEG with heparinase, functional fibrinogen, and platelet mapping (AA, ADP, AA+ADP).
Compact system with a built-in computer and a 7-inch colour touchscreen, plus expert software for data processing and storage.
Uses independent reaction cups, which the manufacturer says lower running costs, and a triple quality-control scheme for result reliability.
Stated precision for the R, K, Angle and MA parameters: CV < 10%.
Dimensions 67 × 74.7 × 61 cm and weight 47 kg. Operates at 15–30 °C and 20–80% humidity.
RENDER Biotech now lists this analyser as ITEG6+. The specifications above are taken from that listing.