FDA clears new IRIS Super Urinalysis System.CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1996-- International Remote Imaging Systems Inc. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :IRI Iri (ē`rē`), former city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. An agricultural center and transportation hub, it was absorbed into Iksan. )(IRIS) announced it obtained clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) by which it may commence marketing of the IRIS/BMC 900UDx urine pathology system. The 900UDx is the first fully automated walkaway system for performing complete urinalytical profiles including microscopy on every specimen and is designed especially for the commercial reference and large hospital laboratory segment of market. This high-capacity version of The Yellow IRIS urinalysis workstation was first unveiled for the clinical laboratory community at the Clinical Laboratory Management Association exhibition in Minneapolis in August of 1995. The 900UDx is the result of an intensive joint development program that was started in February of 1995, involving a team of more than 20 engineers and scientists from IRIS in the United States and Boehringer Mannheim in Germany. The new system integrates the BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. Super UA Urine Analyzer for reading CHEMSTRIP urine test strips, the IRIS imaging flow cytometer and IRIS Automated Intelligent Microscopy for capturing and displaying images in full color on the new high-resolution IRISuperScope View Station, the IRIS-exclusive harmonic oscillation method for measuring specific gravity, and a new true color and clarity determination. The 900UDx, with planned availability starting May 1, 1996, is expected to be the fastest, most accurate, most cost-effective way possible to perform routine urinalysis today. It will be manufactured by IRIS in its Los Angeles facility and distributed by IRIS in North America and through the Boehringer Mannheim group of companies overseas. Boehringer Mannheim is the second-largest producer of in vitro diagnostics In vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests are medical tests conducted in a test tube, or more generally in a controlled environment outside a living organism. In vitro means in glass in Latin. in the world. Its major products include a diversified line of automated clinical chemistry and immunoassay Immunoassay An assay that quantifies antigen or antibody by immunochemical means. The antigen can be a relatively simple substance such as a drug, or a complex one such as a protein or a virus. analyzers, diagonostic reagents and laboratory information systems; instrumentation and testing for diabetes monitoring, education and care, as well as urinalysis and coagulation coagulation (kōăg'y  lā`shən), the collecting into a mass of minute particles of a solid dispersed throughout a liquid (a sol), usually followed by the precipitation or testing systems. IRIS, a Los Angeles-based company, manufactures and markets The Yellow IRIS urinalysis workstation, based on its patented slideless microscopy and rapid image processing technology, to clinical laboratories nationwide. The company is the recognized leader in automated microscopic urinalysis with The Yellow IRIS in use in hospitals in more than 75 percent of U.S. medical schools and other leading hospitals. The company recently reported record earnings and revenues for 1995. Also, IRIS acquired StatSpin Technologies in February of 1996. IRIS and StatSpin had combined revenues of more than $16 million for 1995. IRIS stock trades on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. under the symbol "IRI." CONTACT: International Remote Imaging Systems Inc., Chatsworth Fred H. Deindoerfer, 818/709-1244 |
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