Specification :

Exigo is the successor to the renowned veterinary version of the Medonic hematology analyzers, which also has become known as one of the sharpest veterinary products in the market. By launching Exigo purely for veterinary use, focus is dedicated to veterinarians alone and what animal blood components require from a hematology analysis system.

Techical Specification
Key features

- Full automatic 17 parameter system for veterinarian samples.

- Multiple species with programmable analysis profiles.( * )

- Built-in Mixer for 6 tubes of 3 different sizes.

- Open tube inlet or direct start with a 20µ l microcapillary.

- 7� Color touch screen with self intuitive operation.

- Advanced Veterinary WBC diff. ( * )

- Hematological Guidelines for pathological samples. ( * )

- On board clot prevention system.( * )

- Control Assay Values scanned into system through barcode entry. ( * )

- Capacity up to 65 samples per hour. ( 45 sec from start to displayed results)

- USB ( LAN) , Centronics and RS232 output.

- Connector for external PC keyboard.

( * ) see description below

Analyzer description & features

Available species

Exigo comes with a number of pre-installed animal analysis profiles, and a guide to develop your own profiles is available in the manual. Pre-installed: Dog, Cat, Horse, Cow, Ferret and Rabbit. More profiles are available on the user forum on
www.exigo-vet.com

Analysis parameters

Using impedance method:

-WBC, LYMa, LYM% , MIDa, MID% , GRANa, GRAN%

-RBC, RDWa, RDW%

-PLT, MPV fl

Using photometric method ( cyanide free) :

-HGB

Calculated parameters

-MCV, HCT, MCH, MCHC

Operation modes

Open tubes with EDTA blood.

EDTA coated 20¼ l microcapillaries.

Exigo advanced WBC diff method

Traditional WBC differentiating methods often incorrectly flag animal WBC as pathological. By using an advanced analysis algorithm, Exigo takes into consideration both the actual measured cell compositions as well as the expected profile of the analyzed species when performing the analysis. Thus, many normal samples that would be flagged as abnormal are avoided. Studies show that up to 80% of false indication of pathology can be avoided with this system.

Hematological guidelines by Exigo

Samples considered as pathological will be flagged by the system and will give a clear recommended action for further analysis of the sample.

On-board clot prevention system

Animal blood specimens have a tendency to cause clots and blockages in cell-counter analysis systems. Therefore Exigo is equipped with on-board cleaner automatically keeping the system constantly clean.

Reagents

Exigo should only be used with its original reagents. All reagents are non-toxic and cyanide-free.

Art No

1504201
Exigo Diluent for 83 cycles

1504202
Exigo Lyse for 380 cycles

1504203
Exigo System Cleaner for 54 cleaning cycles ( appr 2 monts of use)

System Verification

Exigo is a system every veterinary should be able to trust and depend upon in their diagnosis that is why a thorough, full control system has been designed for this system.

Control samples

Control samples should be used on a frequent ( preferably daily) basis to verify the systems operation. Using the system Control frequently gives clear and quality proof of the system’ s performance, which can easily be monitored through the built in QC program.

1504026
Boule Vet Con
1* 4, 5ml

Calibrator

Calibrators should be used during calibration procedure which is typically made upon installation, after service or after periodic maintenance.

1504028
Boule Vet Calibrator
1* 3ml

Recommended service and maintenance

Exigo should be cleaned periodically to avoid build up of proteins or bacterial growth inside the system. Use only original cleaners. Other cleaners may damage the interior of the system.

1504126
Boule Hypochlorite Cleaner.
Used for Manual clot removal procedure

1504111
Boule Cleaning Kit.
Used for periodic maintenance.

Clinical data

Correlation for veterinary samples is very dependent on the hematological composition of the blood from the species being analyzed, as well as sampling methodology and pre-analytic handling. The below correlation data is based on Boule control blood.

Precision and Measuring Range

RBC
MCV
HGB
WBC
PLT

Range
0-14 x 106 / µ l
15-250 fl
0-99.9 g/ dl
0-99.9 x 103 / µ l
0-1999 x 103 / µ l

CV%
d1.1%
d0.3%
d1.0%
d1.9%
d3.5%

* Typical values measured over 10 Boule Control samples, by open tube mode and under good laboratory conditions.

Carry Over

RBC
HGB
WBC
PLT

Open Tube
d2 %
d1 %
d1 %
d2 %

MPA
d2 %
d2 %
d2 %
d3.5 %