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Abaxis North America 3240 Whipple Road Union City, CA 94587 Main Telephone: 510/675-6500 Main Fax Line: 510/441-6150 Email: abaxis@abaxis.com	www.abaxis.com/medical/piccolo.html

CORPORATE DESCRIPTION
At Abaxis^® our mission is to supply point of care blood analyzers to the medical market and the veterinarian market. Abaxis provides leading edge technology, tools and services that support best medical practices, enabling physicians and veterinarians to respond to the health needs of their clients at the point of care while operating economical and profitable practices. Abaxis is headquartered in northern California, USA, and conducts operations around the world.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Piccolo is the first compact clinical chemistry system designed for near-patient testing. The analyzer has a very small foot print measuring 9.5 inches high, 6 inches wide, 11.5 inches deep. It weighs only 15 pounds. This makes the Piccolo very portable. In any treatment setting, care providers can now perform routine multi-chemistry profiles using a 100 µL of whole blood, serum or plasma with less than one minutes of hands-on time. Once you insert the disc into the Piccolo drawer you walk away. Results are provided in a "hard copy" report suitable for the patient's files or transferred to an LIS/EMR in less than thirteen minutes. This enables you to rapidly obtain critical diagnostic information at point of care. The easy-to-use, maintenance-free system requires no special training to operate. The Piccolo self calibrates with each patient panel. The intelligent Quality Control (iQC™) system performs quality control checks on each sample, including on-board Q.C. monitoring to ensure chemistry and instrument integrity. This assures you the highest quality and accuracy in results. Complete multi-analyte panels Whole blood, serum or plasma Results in under 13 minutes Only 100 µL of sample Compact and portable No special training required Minimal maintenance Built-in calibration and QC On board results and LIS/EMR transfer capabilities Walk away operation Published performance comparisons

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