Inoculation System-D

BD BBL™ Prompt™ Inoculation System

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.

The product trade name is Sensititre AIM™. The product is a microprocessor-controlled automated inoculation delivery system. It is designed to deliver, through a disposable dosing head, multiples of 50 µL inoculum to a Sensititre 96-well microtitration plate for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing and/or identification of pathogenic microorganisms. Sensititre AIM is for professional use only and is not intended for self-testing.The performance of Sensititre AIM to inoculate standard 96-well microtitration plates (non-Sensititre plates) has not been established. Although other brands of 96-well microtitration plates may be used on the AIM instrument, they must be pre-qualified before use.