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Panthera-Puncher
General information
WARNING
THIS EQUIPMENT MUST BE INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS. INSTALLATION AND SERVICE MUST BE PERFORMED BY PERSONNEL PROPERLY TRAINED
AND AUTHORIZED BY PERKINELMER.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY INVALIDATE YOUR WARRANTY AND/OR IMPAIR THE SAFE
FUNCTIONING OF YOUR EQUIPMENT.
TRADEMARKS
PerkinElmer, Specimen Gate and Specimen Gate Laboratory are registered trademarks, and Panthera-Puncher is a
trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.
Windows 7 and Windows 10 are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc.
Changes from previous manual version
Changes made to this manual are marked with underlined text.
Trademarks
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PerkinElmer
, Specimen Gate
™
Panthera-Puncher
is a trademark 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 a 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 of the
sample to the plate. The instrument is semi-automatic and intended for use by trained laboratory personnel.
Instrument overview
The Panthera-Puncher 9 is a semi-automatic puncher for DBS and other similar samples that are dried on a filter paper
media. The instrument is equipped with a punch head and a plate tray for nine sample plates. The punch head punches
the disks and drops them into the plate wells. The Panthera-Puncher 9 is fitted with a digital camera and imaging
software capable of detecting blood spots and ID information (barcode) from the sample cassettes or other sample
formats.
The system contains an embedded user interface that serves various purposes: punching operations, instrument and
analyte settings configuration. The same graphical environment is used whether the instrument is in stand-alone mode
or connected to Specimen Gate Laboratory
The Panthera Manager software runs on a computer running Windows
provided with a keyboard and a mouse, which are not necessary for operation.
In addition to the end-user software, the system also has service software that is used during the instrument
manufacturing, maintenance and service.
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