The Sensititre Autoinoculator 2, AIM™ instrument is an automated pipette system for the delivery of user prepared inoculated media in multiples of 50 and 100 µl into the Sensititre 96 well antimicrobial susceptibility plate. The AIM™ is a bench-top instrument which dispenses bacterial suspension (inoculum) into a 96-well plate (MIC panel). The instrument has a display which presents options to the user graphically. The user may then select the well dose volume (a multiple of 50 µl) specific to each panel section. Different panel sections may be dosed differently. After selection of these parameters, the user loads the inoculum tube, a suitable panel and then starts the dosing cycle. The AIM™ is a stand-alone device and requires no connections to other equipment in normal use. It currently provides no support for sample tracking.
An electrically-powered automated or semi-automated laboratory instrument intended to be used for the in vitro determination of an antimicrobial susceptibility profile by monitoring the growth rate of a microbiological organism from a clinical specimen and/or culture isolate when exposed to a range ofantimicrobials. Growth detection technology used may include immunoassay, colorimetry, chromatography, photometric and/or carbon dioxide production.