The Procleix Xpress System v3.2 (Software and Instrument) is intended to be used to create whole blood lysates and pools of whole blood lysate for blood screening tests for nucleic acids. The Procleix Xpress System automatically creates the lysate by adding whole blood to a lysis buffer. The resulting lysates may then be transferred into a single master pool tube. The pooled or individual lysates may be used for further testing in Procleix systems. The Procleix Xpress System also collects barcode data from all tubes and racks used in a given pooling run, establishing positive specimen identification and Master Pool Tube (MPT) composition. In addition, the Procleix Xpress System can be used to dispense human plasma or serum aliquots into an archive plate.
A mains electricity (AC-powered) laboratory instrument intended to be used for the pre-analytical preparation of samples for downstream nucleic acid amplification/analysis. The instrument may be used to prepare various sample types through one or more pre-analytical steps which may include cell disruption, lysis, nucleic acid extraction, enzymatic digestion, nucleic acid purification, and/or nucleic acid thermal incubation. The device operates with minimal technician involvement and automation of some but not all procedural steps.