I'm doing a bit of research here, and I'm hoping some of the old-timers might have an answer.
There's a meter called the AvoSure PT+, developed by a company called Avocet Medical. The meter was CLIA waived, and apparently FDA approved for Prothrombin Time Testing. The Avocet site says the device was acquired by Beckman Coulter.
There was no date on the site stating when the device was acquired.
Has anyone used this device? It looks kind of like a CoaguChek S or XS, except that the area where the strip goes snaps down over the strip (I think).
Does anyone know anything about this meter? Was it bought so it could be killed (reducing the amount of competition)? Was it bought for the technology (so a better meter could be built)? Was it bought, and just didn't meet the requirements of Beckman Coulter, so it wasn't released?
Does anybody know?
(I have a CoaguChek S, and an AvoSure meter that I got out of curiosity -- I'm considering, before my strips expire, inserting the code chip CoaguChek S into the meter to see what happens.)
(Yes, I have a historical interest in the earlier meters)
Thanks in advance for your input.
There's a meter called the AvoSure PT+, developed by a company called Avocet Medical. The meter was CLIA waived, and apparently FDA approved for Prothrombin Time Testing. The Avocet site says the device was acquired by Beckman Coulter.
There was no date on the site stating when the device was acquired.
Has anyone used this device? It looks kind of like a CoaguChek S or XS, except that the area where the strip goes snaps down over the strip (I think).
Does anyone know anything about this meter? Was it bought so it could be killed (reducing the amount of competition)? Was it bought for the technology (so a better meter could be built)? Was it bought, and just didn't meet the requirements of Beckman Coulter, so it wasn't released?
Does anybody know?
(I have a CoaguChek S, and an AvoSure meter that I got out of curiosity -- I'm considering, before my strips expire, inserting the code chip CoaguChek S into the meter to see what happens.)
(Yes, I have a historical interest in the earlier meters)
Thanks in advance for your input.