SYNBIOSIS has announced the launch of its ProtoCOL automatic zone measuring system designed to improve the speed of analysing SRD plates, ensuring the rapid manufacturing of flu vaccines.
Synbiosis claims the ProtoCOL is able to generate results from a 16-zone SRD (Single Radial Immunodiffusion) plate of flu vaccines within minutes. This suggests scientists are able to analyse ten SRD plates in the time it would take to manually analyse one.
ProtoCOL’s software supports 21CFR Part 11 and is equipped with a gantry control, allowing automatic imaging of larger SRD plates when required.
Synbiosis says the ProtoCOL has been developed to capture precise zone images with the in built high-resolution CCD camera and has the ability to simultaneously analyse multiple points around the circular zone.
The software then rapidly calculates a precise average diameter measurement to provide an accurate indication of vaccine potency.