Quantum is a rental and leasing partner of MIDI Inc.
For over 20 years, MIDI, Inc. has been a leading provider of automated microbial identification solutions for Clinical and
Environmental laboratories.
The Sherlock® Microbial Identification System is used worldwide in hospital, public health, biodefense and environmental
laboratories to identify over 1,500 bacterial species at under $3.00 per sample in consumables. The technology is based on Agilent
gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of cellular fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). The optional Sherlock® Bioter Library can identify
6 major bacterial agents of bioterrorism/biowarfare. The system is the only one in the world to have both U.S. Department of
Homeland Security and U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for confirmation of Bacillus anthracis, the anthrax pathogen.
The Sherlock® Mycobacteria Identification System is FDA 510(k) cleared for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the TB pathogen)
and is used in hospital, public health and private clinical laboratories across the U.S. The system identifies over 25 mycobacteria species/groups
using the same procedure for under $5.00 per sample in consumables. The technology is based on Agilent high performance liquid
chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of cellular mycolic acids.
Both MIDI Systems are fully Agilent compatible.
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