Profile: Biomerieux Italy specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing of instruments & reagents for clinical and microbiological monitoring in pharmaceuticals. We provide a range of diagnostic solutions for clinical analysis. We diagnose infectious and cardiovascular diseases, and cancer through three technologies; microbiology, immunology and molecular biology. Our Davinci® and Quattro™ are automatic analyzers designed for the screening laboratory and blood bank. Our Bact/Alert® 3D is used for detecting bacteria in blood products and other products for cell therapy, stem cells and umbilical cord blood.

FDA Registration Number: 9615037
US Agent: Jolyn Tenllado / Biomerieux, Inc.
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• Alpha-Fetoprotein for Testicular Cancer Test Kit (FDA Code: LOJ / 866.6010) A tumor-associated antigen immunological test system is a device that consists of reagents used to qualitatively or quantitatively measure, by immunochemical techniques, tumor-associated antigens in serum, plasma, urine, or other body fluids. This device is intended as an aid in monitoring patients for disease progress or response to therapy or for the detection of recurrent or residual disease.

• Anaerobic Identification Kit Test (FDA Code: JSP / 866.2660) A microorganism differentiation and identification device is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of one or more components, such as differential culture media, biochemical reagents, and paper discs or paper strips impregnated with test reagents, that are usually contained in individual compartments and used to differentiate and identify selected microorganisms. The device aids in the diagnosis of disease.

• Analyte Specific Reagents, Asr Reagents (FDA Code: MVU / 864.4020) Analyte specific reagents (ASR's) are antibodies, both polyclonal and monoclonal, specific receptor proteins, ligands, nucleic acid sequences, and similar reagents which, through specific binding or chemical reaction with substances in a specimen, are intended for use in a diagnostic application for identification and quantification of an individual chemical substance or ligand in biological specimens. ASR's that otherwise fall within this definition are not within the scope of subpart E of this part when they are sold to:

• Anti IgE FITC (FDA Code: DGP / 866.5510) An immunoglobulins A, G, M, D, and E immunological test system is a device that consists of the reagents used to measure by immunochemical techniques the immunoglobulins A, G, M, D, an E (serum antibodies) in serum. Measurement of these immunoglobulins aids in the diagnosis of abnormal protein metabolism and the body's lack of ability to resist infectious agents.

• Antifungal Susceptibility Test Plate (FDA Code: NGZ / 866.1640) An antimicrobial susceptibility test powder is a device that consists of an antimicrobial drug powder packaged in vials in specified amounts and intended for use in clinical laboratories for determining in vitro susceptibility of bacterial pathogens to these therapeutic agents. Test results are used to determine the antimicrobial agent of choice in the treatment of bacterial diseases.

• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Cards (FDA Code: LTW / 866.1640)

• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Culture Media (FDA Code: JSO / 866.1700) A culture medium for antimicrobial susceptibility tests is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of any medium capable of supporting the growth of many of the bacterial pathogens that are subject to antimicrobial susceptibility tests. The medium should be free of components known to be antagonistic to the common agents for which susceptibility tests are performed in the treatment of disease.

• Assayed and Unassayed Single (Specified) Analyte Controls (FDA Code: JJX / 862.1660) A quality control material (assayed and unassayed) for clinical chemistry is a device intended for medical purposes for use in a test system to estimate test precision and to detect systematic analytical deviations that may arise from reagent or analytical instrument variation. A quality control material (assayed and unassayed) may be used for proficiency testing in interlaboratory surveys. This generic type of device includes controls (assayed and unassayed) for blood gases, electrolytes, enzymes, multianalytes (all kinds), single (specified) analytes, or urinalysis controls.

• Auto Reader of Overnight Microorganism Identification System (FDA Code: LRH / 866.2660)

• Automated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test System (FDA Code: LON / 866.1645) A fully automated short-term incubation cycle antimicrobial susceptibility system is a device that incorporates concentrations of antimicrobial agents into a system for the purpose of determining in vitro susceptibility of bacterial pathogens isolated from clinical specimens. Test results obtained from short-term (less than 16 hours) incubation are used to determine the antimicrobial agent of choice to treat bacterial diseases.

• Automated Slide Stainer (FDA Code: KPA / 864.3800) An automated slide stainer is a device used to stain histology, cytology, and hematology slides for diagnosis.

• Blood Culturing System (FDA Code: MDB / 866.2560) A microbial growth monitor is a device intended for medical purposes that measures the concentration of bacteria suspended in a liquid medium by measuring changes in light scattering properties, optical density, electrical impedance, or by making direct bacterial counts. The device aids in the diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms.

• Borrelia Serological Reagent (FDA Code: LSR / 866.3830)

• Campylobacter Pylori (FDA Code: LYR / 866.3110)

• Carcinoembryonic Antigen Test System (FDA Code: DHX / 866.6010)

• Chlamydia Group Enzyme Linked Immunoabsorbent Assay (FDA Code: LJC / 866.3120) Chlamydia serological reagents are devices that consist of antigens and antisera used in serological tests to identify antibodies to chlamydia in serum. Additionally, some of these reagents consist of chlamydia antisera conjugated with a fluorescent dye used to identify chlamydia directly from clinical specimens or cultured isolates derived from clinical specimens. The identification aids in the diagnosis of disease caused by bacteria belonging to the genusChlamydia and provides epidemiological information on these diseases. Chlamydia are the causative agents of psittacosis (a form of pneumonia), lymphogranuloma venereum (a venereal disease), and trachoma (a chronic disease of the eye and eyelid).

• Clinical Colorimeter (FDA Code: JJQ / 862.2300) A colorimeter, a photometer, or a spectrophotometer for clinical use is an instrument intended to measure radiant energy emitted, transmitted, absorbed, or reflected under controlled conditions. The device may include a monochromator to produce light of a specific wavelength.

• Clinical Sample Concentrator (FDA Code: JJH / 862.2310) A clinical sample concentrator is a device intended to concentrate (by dialysis, evaporation, etc.) serum, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and other body fluids before the fluids are analyzed.

• Clostridium Difficile Toxin Reagent (FDA Code: LLH / 866.2660)

• Cortisol Fluorometric Test (FDA Code: JFT / 862.1205) A cortisol (hydrocortisone and hydroxycorticosterone) test system is a device intended to measure the cortisol hormones secreted by the adrenal gland in plasma and urine. Measurements of cortisol are used in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the adrenal gland.

• Culture Media Quality Control Kit (FDA Code: JTR / 866.2480) A quality control kit for culture media is a device that consists of paper discs (or other suitable materials), each impregnated with a specified, freeze-dried, viable microorganism, intended for medical purposes to determine if a given culture medium is able to support the growth of that microorganism. The device aids in the diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms and also provides epidemiological information on these diseases.

• Culture Media Supplements (FDA Code: JSK / 866.2450) A supplement for culture media is a device, such as a vitamin or sugar mixture, that is added to a solid or liquid basal culture medium to produce a desired formulation and that is intended for medical purposes to enhance the growth of fastidious microorganisms (those having complex nutritional requirements). This device aids in the diagnosis of diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms.

• Cytocentrifuge (FDA Code: IFB / 864.3300) A cytocentrifuge is a centrifuge used to concentrate cells from biological cell suspensions (e.g., cerebrospinal fluid) and to deposit these cells on a glass microscope slide for cytological examination.

• Cytomegalovirus Conjugated Fluorescent Antisera Test (FDA Code: LIN / 866.3175) Cytomegalovirus serological reagents are devices that consist of antigens and antisera used in serological tests to identify antibodies to cytomegalovirus in serum. The identification aids in the diagnosis of diseases caused by cytomegaloviruses (principally cytomegalic inclusion disease) and provides epidemiological information on these diseases. Cytomegalic inclusion disease is a generalized infection of infants and is caused by intrauterine or early postnatal infection with the virus. The disease may cause severe congenital abnormalities, such as microcephaly (abnormal smallness of the head), motor disability, and mental retardation. Cytomegalovirus infection has also been associated with acquired hemolytic anemia, acute and chronic hepatitis, and an infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome.

• Cytomegalovirus Enzyme Linked Immunoabsorbent Assay (FDA Code: LFZ / 866.3175)

• Cytomegalovirus Virus IF Antibody Igm Test (FDA Code: LKQ / 866.3175)

• Data Processing Module for Clinical use (FDA Code: JQP / 862.2100) A calculator/data processing module for clinical use is an electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process laboratory data.

• Digoxin Antiserum (FDA Code: DKA / 862.3320) A digoxin test system is a device intended to measure digoxin, a cardiovascular drug, in serum and plasma. Measurements obtained by this device are used in the diagnosis and treatment of digoxin overdose and in monitoring levels of digoxin to ensure appropriate therapy.

• Digoxin Enzyme Immunoassay Test (FDA Code: KXT / 862.3320)

• Discrete Photometric Chemistry Analyzer (FDA Code: JJE / 862.2160) A discrete photometric chemistry analyzer for clinical use is a device intended to duplicate manual analytical procedures by performing automatically various steps such as pipetting, preparing filtrates, heating, and measuring color intensity. This device is intended for use in conjunction with certain materials to measure a variety of analytes. Different models of the device incorporate various instrumentation such as micro analysis apparatus, double beam, single, or dual channel photometers, and bichromatic 2-wavelength photometers. Some models of the device may include reagent-containing components that may also serve as reaction units.

• Elution Discs (FDA Code: LTX / 866.1620) An antimicrobial susceptibility test disc is a device that consists of antimicrobic-impregnated paper discs used to measure by a disc-agar diffusion technique or a disc-broth elution technique the in vitro susceptibility of most clinically important bacterial pathogens to antimicrobial agents. In the disc-agar diffusion technique, bacterial susceptibility is ascertained by directly measuring the magnitude of a zone of bacterial inhibition around the disc on an agar surface. The disc-broth elution technique is associated with an automated rapid susceptibility test system and employs a fluid medium in which susceptibility is ascertained by photometrically measuring changes in bacterial growth resulting when antimicrobial material is eluted from the disc into the fluid medium. Test results are used to determine the antimicrobial agent of choice in the treatment of bacterial diseases.

• Enriched Culture Media (FDA Code: KZI / 866.2330) An enriched culture medium is a device that consists primarily of liquid or solid biological materials intended for medical purposes to cultivate and identify fastidious microorganisms (those having complex nutritional requirements). The device consists of a relatively simple basal medium enriched by the addition of such nutritional components as blood, blood serum, vitamins, and extracts of plant or animal tissues. The device is used in the diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms and also provides epidemiological information on these diseases.

• Enterobacteriaceae Identification Kit (FDA Code: JSS / 866.2660)

• Enterovirus Nucleic Acid Assay (FDA Code: OAI / 866.3225)

• Estradiol Radioimmunoassay Test (FDA Code: CHP / 862.1260) An estradiol test system is a device intended to measure estradiol, an estrogenic steroid, in plasma. Estradiol measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of various hormonal sexual disorders and in assessing placental function in complicated pregnancy.

• Ferritin (FDA Code: DBF / 866.5340) A ferritin immunological test system is a device that consists of the reagents used to measure by immunochemical techniques the ferritin (an iron-storing protein) in serum and other body fluids. Measurements of ferritin aid in the diagnosis of diseases affecting iron metabolism, such as hemochromatosis (iron overload) and iron deficiency amemia.

• Fibrinogen and Fibrin Split Products (FDA Code: DAP / 864.7320) A fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products assay is a device used to detect and measure fibrinogen degradation products and fibrin degradation products (protein fragments produced by the enzymatic action of plasmin on fibrinogen and fibrin) as an aid in detecting the presence and degree of intravascular coagulation and fibrinolysis (the dissolution of the fibrin in a blood clot) and in monitoring therapy for disseminated intravascular coagulation (nonlocalized clotting in the blood vessels).

• Fluorometer for Clinical Use (FDA Code: KHO / 862.2560) A fluorometer for clinical use is a device intended to measure by fluorescence certain analytes. Fluorescence is the property of certain substances of radiating, when illuminated, a light of a different wavelength. This device is used in conjunction with certain materials to measure a variety of analytes.

• Fluorometers (FDA Code: JZT / 866.4520) Immunofluorometer equipment for clinical use with its electrical power supply is a device used to measure the fluorescence of fluorochrome-labeled antigen-antibody complexes. The concentration of these complexes may be measured by means of reflected light. A beam of light is passed through a solution in which a fluorochrome has been selectively attached to serum protein antibody molecules in suspension. The amount of light emitted by the fluorochrome label is detected by a photodetector, which converts light energy into electrical energy. The amount of electrical energy registers on a readout system such as a digital voltmeter or a recording chart. This electrical readout is called the fluorescence value and is used to measure the concentration of antigen-antibody complexes.

• Follicle Stimulating Hormone Radioimmunoassay (FDA Code: CGJ / 862.1300) A follicle-stimulating hormone test system is a device intended to measure follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in plasma, serum, and urine. FSH measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of pituitary gland and gonadal disorders.

• Formalin Containing Fixative (FDA Code: LDY / 864.4010)

• Free Thyroxine Radioimmunoassay (FDA Code: CEC / 862.1695) A free thyroxine test system is a device intended to measure free (not protein bound) thyroxine (thyroid hormone) in serum or plasma. Levels of free thyroxine in plasma are thought to reflect the amount of thyroxine hormone available to the cells and may therefore determine the clinical metabolic status of thyroxine. Measurements obtained by this device are used in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases.

• General Nutrient Broth Culture Media (FDA Code: JSC / 866.2350) A microbiological assay culture medium is a device that consists primarily of liquid or solid biological materials intended for medical purposes to cultivate selected test microorganisms in order to measure by microbiological procedures the concentration in a patient's serum of certain substances, such as amino acids, antimicrobial agents, and vitamins. The concentration of these substances is measured by their ability to promote or inhibit the growth of the test organism in the innoculated medium. Test results aid in the diagnosis of disease resulting from either deficient or excessive amounts of these substances in a patient's serum. Tests results may also be used to monitor the effects of the administration of certain antimicrobial drugs.

• General Purpose Reagent (FDA Code: LDT)

• Glucose Identification Kit (FDA Code: JSW / 866.2660)

• Gram Positive Identification Panel (FDA Code: LQL / 866.2660)

• Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Radioimmunoassay (FDA Code: JHI / 862.1155) A human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) test system is a device intended for the early detection of pregnancy is intended to measure HCG, a placental hormone, in plasma or urine.

• Hydroxyproline Ninhydrin Extraction/Chromatography Test (FDA Code: JMN / 862.1400) A hydroxyproline test system is a device intended to measure the amino acid hydroxyproline in urine. Hydroxyproline measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of various collagen (connective tissue) diseases, bone disease such as Paget's disease, and endocrine disorders such as hyperparathyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

• IgG Control (FDA Code: DEW / 866.5510)

• Isoenzymes Fluorometric Method (FDA Code: JHX / 862.1215) A creatine phosphokinase/creatine kinase or isoenzymes test system is a device intended to measure the activity of the enzyme creatine phosphokinase or its isoenzymes (a group of enzymes with similar biological activity) in plasma and serum. Measurements of creatine phosphokinase and its isoenzymes are used in the diagnosis and treatment of myocardial infarction and muscle diseases such as progressive, Duchenne-type muscular dystrophy.