IRIS and BMC unveil world's fastest and most accurate urinalysis system.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 1995--International Remote Imaging Systems Inc. (IRIS) and Boehringer Mannheim Corp. (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. ), jointly unveiled their new collaborative high-capacity urinalysis system, the IRIS/BMC 900/UDx Urine Pathology System, at the Clinical Laboratory Management Association meeting taking place in Minneapolis this week. The 900/UDx will be the industry's first fully automated walkaway system for performing complete urinalytical profiles including microscopy on every specimen, offering the fastest, most accurate, most cost-effective routine urinalysis possible. The 900/UDx is the result of an intensive joint development program, announced earlier this year, involving a team of engineers and scientists from both companies. The new system integrates BMC's CHEMSTRIP Super UA Urine Analyzer, Automated Intelligent Microscopy of IRIS flow microscope images in full color on the new high-resolution IRISuperScope View Station, absolute specific gravity specific gravity, ratio of the weight of a given volume of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of some reference substance, or, equivalently, the ratio of the masses of equal volumes of the two substances. measurement via the IRIS-exclusive harmonic oscillation method and first-time automated true color and clarity determinations. Pending 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. clearance, the 900/UDx will be manufactured by IRIS in its Chatsworth, Calif. 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. 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, diagnostic 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. Through its affiliate, Corange International Ltd., Boehringer Mannheim recently increased its holdings in IRIS to 8.3 percent of outstanding IRIS common stock. IRIS, a Los Angeles-based company, is the recognized leader in automated microscopic urinalysis. Its main product, The Yellow IRIS urinalysis workstation, is used by hospitals in more than 70 percent of U.S. medical schools as well as other leading hospitals nationwide. The company introduced two new models of The Yellow IRIS at the Clinical Laboratory Exposition held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry and the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Scientists in Anaheim last month. IRIS reported record 1995 second quarter and first-half performance earlier this month before a one-time, non-cash acquisition expense. IRIS common 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 Iri (ē`rē`), former city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. An agricultural center and transportation hub, it was absorbed into Iksan. ." CONTACT: International Remote Imaging Systems, Chatsworth Fred Deindoerfer, 818/709-1244 |
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