PerkinElmer Panthera-Puncher 9, User Manual

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General information
This section contains general information about the Panthera-Puncher 9.
Changes from previous manual version
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Trademarks
Copyright
©
2014-2022, PerkinElmer, Inc. All rights reserved.
PerkinElmer
®
is a registered trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.
Panthera-Puncher
™
and Intellipunch
™
are trademarks of PerkinElmer, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Intended purpose
The Panthera-Puncher 9 is an accessory for IVD assays (for example, neonatal screening assays) where the sample
type is dried blood spot and the sample size is supported by the Panthera-Puncher 9. The Panthera-Puncher 9 cuts the
sample from the dried blood spot, deposits it to a microtiter plate, and documents the traceability of the sample to the
plate. The instrument is semi-automatic and it is intended for use by trained laboratory personnel.
General notes
The user interface is available in several languages, which may be selected from the service software. Please note that
changing the language from the service software will not change the keyboard layout. If you need a language-specific
keyboard layout, you can add it from the Keyboards and Languages tab of the Windows Region and Language
dialog.
The default user and administrator user names and corresponding passwords are provided in a separate document.
If the network connection is lost while network folders are mapped, the software experiences a slow-down during
start-up and while refreshing the folder browser. This is caused by the software waiting for Windows timeouts when
trying to locate the mapped network folders.
A few words on positive vs negative identification of samples
The positive identification of a sample means that the laboratory set up ensures a continuous and automatic follow
up of all sample data, from the moment the disks are punched into the wells, until their measurement results are
known. This means that the worklists are either automatically created and transferred to the measurement instrument
and connected to the results, or that the data transfer occurs through the LIMS automatically with no need for human
intervention.
Note: When removing plates from the instrument, visually inspect all wells in every plate.
Table of symbols
The following table contains symbols that identify particularly important information and alert you to the presence of
hazards. These symbols may appear in this manual, the product or the package.
Symbol Description
CE compliance mark
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