Aptio AutomationAdvance your laboratory’s productivity.

Maximize your use of space and staff by customizing a solution that make sense for your laboratory’s workload. Aptio® Automation has been engineered to connect an unlimited* number of high-performance modules and diagnostic analyzers and can accommodate multiple tube sizes simultaneously to eliminate the need to standardize tubes.

Input/Output Module (IOM)

• Provides common location for sample input and output.
• Enables rapid input and prioritization of STAT samples.
• Integrates serum, plasma, whole-blood, and urine sample loading.
• Manages capped\uncapped and spun\unspun samples.
• Performs automated sample check-in.
• Returns problem samples (e.g., misread bar code, missing work order, others) to priority lane for attention.
• Enables operators to quickly retrieve requested samples.

Rack Input Module (RIM)

• Allows fast sample loading onto system.
• Supports high sample throughput.
• Provides walk-away time.
• Generates availability of IOM for increased sample output and sorting.

Bulk Input Module (BIM)

• Permits extended walk-away time.
• Allows quick (bulk) sample loading onto system without first having to place tubes in racks.
• Accommodates multiple tube sizes simultaneously – eliminates need to standardize tubes.

Tube Inspection Module (TIM)

• Reduces pre-analytical errors by detecting any mismatch between test request and tube type, and ensures that each tube is routed to the right module or system.
• Displays inconsistencies in the following sample tube attributes: sample ID from barcode reader, capped/uncapped state, cap color, tube type.
• Can be installed at any input module: Input/Output Module (IOM), Bulk Input Module (BIM), Rack Input Module (RIM).

Centrifugation Module (CM)

• Supports high-throughput workflow.
• Prioritizes STAT sample processing.
• Provides automatic protection against centrifuge imbalance by weighing tubes individually.
• Supports multiple centrifuge setups with independent operating parameters including wait times, spin times, spin speed, and temperature.

Decapping Module (DM)

• Automates removal of both screw and pressure plastic caps from sample tubes.
• Increases productivity by eliminating repetitive tasks.
• Increases safety by reducing manual operations.
• Decreases risk of sample contamination by means of individual decapping process.

Sample-Volume Detection Module (SVD)

• Ensures that each sample’s serum/plasma volume is sufficient for total number of tests required.
• Must be used with or without gel separator in spun, uncapped samples.
• Returns samples with insufficient volume to Priority Output lane on the IOM for follow-up action.

Sample Mixer Module

• Provides online mixing of whole-blood samples in original, capped tube for certain assay preparations.
• Supports custom settings for the number of times a tube is inverted and the speed of the inversion.

Wide-Belt Buffer Module

• Provides temporary parking of tubes or empty carriers.
• Queues samples designated for lower-throughput analyzers on first-in/first-out basis.
• Holds excess empty carriers off the track during low-volume periods.

Input/Output Module (IOM)

• Provides common location for sample input and output.
• Enables rapid input and prioritization of STAT samples.
• Integrates serum, plasma, whole-blood, and urine sample loading.
• Manages capped/uncapped and spun/unspun samples.
• Performs automated sample check-in.
• Returns problem samples (e.g., misread bar code, missing work order, others) to priority lane for attention.
• Enables operators to quickly retrieve requested samples.

Aliquotter Module (AM)

• Allows the production of multiple secondary tubes (daughter tubes) from a primary sample to be used on off-line analyzers or to be used as send-outs to other departments or external laboratories.
• Improves operator safety by avoiding manual splitting of the sample.
• Saves operator time and increases workflow productivity by eliminating manual steps.
• Avoids sample carryover by utilizing disposable tips.
• Assigns identical or different sample identifier numbers to aliquots to facilitate continued testing. 

Tube Sealer Module (TSM)

• Applies foil seal to help maintain sample integrity during storage.
• Reduces exposure to biohazards by decreasing manual handling.
• Saves operator time by eliminating manual tasks. 

Storage Retrieval and Disposal Module (SRM)

• Increases productivity with automated storage retrieval and disposal.
• Improves operator safety by reducing manual handling.
• Automates disposal of samples according to their preset time limit.
• Reduces time to locate and retrieve samples.
• Fits workload and space requirements with multiple-size modules. 

Desealer Module (DSM)

• Increases safety by automating tube desealing process.
• Reduces manual operations for better staff utilization.
• Supports fully automated reruns, reflexes, and add-on testing requests.

Aliquot Capper Module (ACM)

• Closes secondary tubes with plastic screw caps to allow transportation to other departments or external labs (send-outs).
• Reduces manual operations for increased safety, productivity, and better staff utilization. 

Rack Output Module (ROM)

• Allows fast sample unloading from the system.
• Supports high sample throughput.
• Works with multiple tube sizes simultaneously—eliminates need to standardize tubes.

High-capacity Waste Module^§

• Supports bulk accumulation of disposed samples.
• Allows longer intervals between biohazard disposal.
• Increases convenience for better staff utilization.

L-Turn, T-Intersection, and U-Turn Modules

• Allows solution configurations to meet individual laboratory needs.
• Offers customized, efficient sample workflow.
• Provides for space-efficient layouts.
• Helps minimize renovation costs.

Automation Module Divert Lane

• Reroutes samples as needed to task-oriented modules.
• Prevents congestion of samples by bypassing module processing that is not required.