Automated PCR Systems

COBAS® AMPLICOR Analyzer

Customer benefits

The COBAS® AMPLICOR Analyzer:

• Maximizes walk away time
• Improves laboratory productivity
• Assures results integrity

All in one compact, benchtop unit. Results can be reported to physicians on the same day.

Improves Laboratory Efficiency and Assures Results Integrity

The COBAS® AMPLICOR Analyzer offers:

• Bar-coded data entry
• 48 sample capacity per run
• Test-specific reagents
• Multiplexing- up to six detections per amplified sample
• AmpErase Enzyme (uracil-N-glycosylase, UNG), a reagent that provides for selective amplification by destroying deoxyuridine-containing amplicon, reducing the risk of cross-contamination

Available Tests

Available tests on the COBAS® AMPLICOR Analyzer include assays for quantifying and/or detecting:

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1)
• Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-detection and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-quantification ****
• Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) **
• Cytomegalovirus ****
• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Neisseria gonorrhea
• Mycobacterium avium ******
• Mycobacterium intracellulare ******
• HIV-1 viral load quantification: COBAS® AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test, v1.5¹
• HIV-1 viral load quantification: COBAS® AmpliPrep/COBAS® AMPLICOR® HIV-1 MONITOR Test, v1.5¹
• CMV viral load quantification: COBAS® AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR Test ****
• Hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load quantification: COBAS® AMPLICOR HBV MONITOR® Test, v2.0 ****
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV) detection: COBAS® AmpliPrep/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV Test, v2.0

* Not available in the United States
** Not available in the United States or the EU
*** This product is for Research Use Only and is not available in all markets
**** Available as an IVD in the EU and for Research Use Only in the United States
***** This product is available only in the U.S.
****** Available only in Japan

¹Two different specimen preparations, UltraSensitive and Standard