Mass Spectrometry Makes Inroads Into The Clinical Lab
Executive Summary
The use of mass spectrometry in IVD applications looks to be gaining momentum. In this article, Alina Kim, Sunayana Karra and Akash Kundu of Boston Biomedical Consultants report on new developments and innovations showcased at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual (AACC) & Clinical Lab Expo (CLE) annual meeting that took place this summer. Players at the convention exhibited a range of Class I medical devices, research use only liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI-TOF), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), sample preparation automation platforms, and software solutions.
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