3D CAD Software

Compatible with LPX-600 laser scanner

Able to work with raw scanned data, Lake Forest, Calif–based SolidWorks 2007 Office Premium offers 3D CAD users compatibility with Roland’s LPX-600 3D laser scanner. With the touch of a button, users can now use the LPX-600 to capture detailed models with watertight surfaces. The LPX-600 scans objects up to 16 inches tall and 10 inches wide. The desktop device then automatically generates detailed models with a watertight surface and resolutions up to 0.008 inch. It captures complex data for consumer products, packaging, jewelry, and a host of biomedical applications. Bundled LPX EZ Studio reverse engineering software automatically fills holes, scans, aligns, and merges planes of 3D models that can be used directly in SolidWorks 2007 Office Premium. The software supports a wide range of data-output formats, including STL, PIX, and 3DM. STL files are used by the industry’s most popular rapid prototyping systems, including those manufactured by Roland, 3D Systems, Stratasys, Z-Corp, and Solidscape.

SolidWorks Corp
(800) 693-9000; www.solidworks.com

Instrument Manager v8.05

Clear for use in blood banking

The FDA has granted Data Innovations Inc, South Burlington, Vt, 510(k) clearance for its flagship product, Instrument Manager (IM), for use in blood banking environments. The FDA designation allows Data Innovations to market IM v8.05 for use in blood banks and transfusion centers in the United States. Instrument Manager (IM) is a comprehensive middleware system that manages laboratory operations, including pre-analytical, analytical, and postanalytical sample processing, and nonclinical tasks such as equipment maintenance and specimen archiving. The system is available independent of instrument or LIS vendor, laboratory department, and clinical discipline. It can also be used as a value enhancer between instrumentation and an information system, or as a mechanism for interfacing to multiple information systems such as an LIS and a blood bank information system.

Data Innovations Inc
(802) 264-3470; www.datainnovations.com

ChromQuest Chromatography Data System

Integrated with Accela High Speed LC

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Milford, Mass, has announced that its ChromQuest Chromatography Data System (CDS) now provides integrated instrument control, digital data acquisition, chromatography data processing, and reporting for the Thermo Scientific Accela High Speed LC. The company’s HPLC instrument has been designed to maximize the benefits of Thermo Scientific Hypersil GOLDTM 1.9 µm column particle technology, and enables LC and LC/MS users to conduct high-speed, high-efficiency chromatographic separations from conventional to ultrahigh pressures of up to 15,000 psi. ChromQuest CDS 4.2 provides integrated instrument control for each Accela component, including autosampler, high-speed pump, and PDA detector. ChromQuest’s enhanced security features meet the latest requirements for data traceability while guaranteeing security and ensuring compliance to 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
(800) 547-7429; www.thermo.com

TrackWise eMDR Submission Manager

Allows electronic submission

Sparta Systems Inc, Holmdel, NJ, the maker of TrackWise, has released the Beta version of the TrackWise eMDR Submission Manager software. The add-on software enables medical device companies to electronically submit medical device reports to the FDA. The software is one component of the company’s initiative to support the growing number of life sciences electronic submission processes, which are complementary to quality and regulatory solutions. Medical device manufacturers use TrackWise to electronically track and manage product-complaint and adverse-event assessment and reporting processes. The software enables device companies to effectively manage complaints and investigations, assess potential adverse events for safety risk problems, and comply with health authority reporting requirements, including those of the FDA.

Sparta Systems Inc
(888) 261-5948; www.sparta-systems.com