Microbial Identification for Clinical Laboratories (IVD-CE)

Microorganisms identification to the species level is a key task of microbiology. Traditionally this is achieved by carrying out labour-intensive and time-consuming biochemical assays. And though current sequencing technologies may provide very precise insights, they are still far too slow and expensive. Bruker has successfully introduced an innovative, molecular-based mass spectrometric identification method that enables faster and more efficient analysis than conventional assays or sequencing.

By using our experience and expertise as a worldwide leading provider of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, Bruker developed the MALDI Biotyper^®- a revolutionary approach for the analysis of microorganisms. This "Open Microbiology Concept" can be easily integrated into any clinical laboratory environment. Within just a few years, the MALDI Biotyper^®has become the worldwide leading solution for clinical microbiology, as well as for water, pharmaceutical and food testing.

布鲁克介绍了IVD-CE认证的Maldi Biotyper^®(MBT) solution in 2009 for clinical microbiology, and since then it has quickly become established as the method of choice for microorganism identification in routine clinical microbiology laboratories.
Fast and reliable identification of microorganisms is a key task in clinical microbiology. Classical biochemical techniques based on different metabolic characteristics of microorganisms typically take hours or even days, and often lack specificity. Using the MALDI Biotyper^®, microbiologists can go from culture to identification within minutes.

The MALDI Biotyper^®systems provide high-speed, high-confidence identification and taxonomical classification of bacteria and yeasts. Classification and identification are based on proteomic fingerprinting using high-throughput MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; characteristic fingerprinting patterns are matched with an extensive MBT IVD reference library to identify the microorganism.
This allows an unbiased identification of microorganisms within a few minutes, down to the species level. Numerous studies have demonstrated the higher accuracy, faster time-to-result and lower costs provided by MALDI Biotyper^®systems compared to classical methods. Continuous expansion of the MBT IVD reference library ensures that all clinically relevant microorganisms as well as more challenging organisms are included.

质谱专家的最佳技术。
As the leader in MALDI-TOF technology it is of great importance to Bruker to design robust, compact high-performance platforms intended for extensive and routine use in the microbiology laboratory.
The MALDI Biotyper^®is a modular system designed to be configured according to individual laboratory needs. Bruker offers laboratories the choice of the MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer that best fits their needs. Continuous hardware development has led to the 4^Thgeneration of Bruker's benchtop MALDI Biotyper^®systems.

• The MALDI Biotyper^®IVD System based on the microflex^®LT/SH MALDI-TOF质谱仪与N₂laser providing 60 Hz repetition rate
• The NEW MALDI Biotyper^®sirius one IVD System, with Bruker´s proprietary lifetime^*smartbeam™solid state laser technology at 200 Hz repetition rate and positive ion mode. System improvements, including the newest electronics and high performance vacuum system, generate very fast target exchange.
• The NEW MALDI Biotyper^®Sirius IVD系统，具有相同的创新改进，SmartBeam™200 Hz激光器和正离子检测。负离子模式下的分析的附加能力扩大了研究应用，例如脂质的分析（负离子模式仅用于研究使用）。
  

* Lifetime meaning 7 years or 500 million shots, whichever comes first.