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WASPLab®

Integrated Lab Optimization and Automation

The flexible automated specimen processing, incubation, and reading solution that adapts to your unique lab setup and workflow – and even grows with you over time.

WASPLab® System is manufactured by COPAN Company.

  

Disclaimer: Product availability varies by country. Please consult your local bioMérieux representative for product availability in your country. 

System Overview

More than just automation…It’s about your uniqueness. 

WASPLab® empowered by bioMérieux represents an exceptional advancement in clinical microbiology. This highly efficient system is both modular and scalable, capable of seamlessly integrating into your laboratory’s current and future workflows. It empowers you to process over 90% of routine microbiology samples with ease.

WASPLab® is part of our approach to meeting the complete needs of the microbiology lab – taking you from automated sample preparation right through to ID/AST results. What sets this system apart is your ability to tailor it to your precise needs. You can select the features and options that provide the most significant value to your laboratory, and you have the flexibility to enhance efficiency further by adding more capabilities in the future. This adaptability and customization make it an invaluable asset for laboratories seeking optimal microbiology sample processing solutions. 

  

WASPLab®, Integrated into a comprehensive bioMérieux solution offering: 

Modularity & Scalability: Because eliminating tedious and repetitive tasks is key 

  • Adapts to your lab layout and space constraints with multiple configurations
  • Adapts to your sample types and protocols with multiple incubator sizes
  • Adapts to your evolution by offering add-ons, so that as you grow, so can your WASPLab®

High Productivity: Because the workload and expectation are high, and labs need to stay competitive and be able to absorb the workflow increase

  • 180 plates load/unload per hour per incubator
  • Independent server with high capacity for image acquisition and storage
  • Less hands-on time required throughout the process

Improved Interpretation of Plates: Because labs must provide accurate and actionable results to physicians:

  • High image quality and perfect chromatic response
  • PhenoMATRIX® onboarding algorithms and expert system
  • WebApp software grouping plates from the same specimen
  • Standardizing and streamlining your pre-analytical steps with LBM® for a better colony isolation with your WASP®

Ergonomics: Because your time, health, and peace of mind are important

  • Workstations in remote access
  • Vitual C-tracer® to assist D1 operations with VITEK® systems
  • Easy to use and intuitive webApp software

Service & Support: Empowered by bioMérieux because you deserve best-in-class support

  • Dedicated & responsive support from the start of the project and throughout the life of the system
  • An innovative service offer with BIOMÉRIEUX LAB CONSULTANCY

  

WASP®

The heart of your WASPLab® system is WASP® (Walk-Away Specimen Processor). Agile and flexible with a unique open-platform, modular system, WASP® addresses all aspects of automated microbiology specimen processing. WASP® fits into your lab and lets you pick and mix the automation add-ons you need.
WASP

Colibrí™ and PhenoMATRIX® 

The Colibrí™ module offers automated colony picking on MALDI-TOF ID targets and automated suspension preparation for VITEK® 2 AST. The PhenoMATRIX® solution offers artificial intelligence for rules-based sorting to let you focus on plates of clinical interest. You gain streamlined, efficient workflow through full integration with our identification and susceptibility (ID/AST) and blood culture offers, using instruments and reagents, including CHROMID®VITEK® 2, and VITEK® MS/VITEK® MS PRIME.