Spark Holland will show its revolutionary Flow Through Desorption (FTD ^TM) technology for automated Dried Blood Spot (DBS) analysis at Analytica. FTD^TM  enables online coupling of  DBS desorption to LC-MS/MS providing total workflow automation of DBS analysis. Hart of the system is the desorption clamp, that seals the DBS, or a portion of the DBS, leak tight for flow-through desorption. No punching-out of DBS is required!

The pressure resistant clamp allows direct elution into to the LC-MS/MS system, but also to online SPE for added sample clean-up. The system further comprises a camera for spot inspection and bar-code reading. Internal standard is added to the desorption solvent automatically. The basic system comes with a robot that handles about 120 DBS cards. A SCARA-type robot is available for uninterrupted processing of up to 400 DBS cards. Bèta testing of the systems is expected to start by the Q4 this year.

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