Gaudlitz Plastic Technologies has released the Simplix, a new stool sample collection container, designed to streamline fecal testing. Its unique design reduces the number of testing steps required from six to two.
Simplix’s customizable precision extraction stick, dual bayonet patented closure system, integrated dosing adapter and optional pre-filled buffer solution optimizes the traditional stool collection devices. Users can collect the sample, isolate the required quantity of the sample, dilute the sample with a buffer solution in the proportion required for an ELISA test, transport the sample to the laboratory and keep the sample stable until the test is run. The Simplix’s collection device eliminates the need for further extraction in the lab and is compatible with automated ELISA analyzers and manual ELISA test procedures.
Applications include stool testing in the diagnosis of Crohn's disease, food allergies and intestinal parasites. Additionally, the Simplix can be used to measure fecal calprotectin, fecal lactoferrin and fecal occult blood to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer.
“Usually you have a six-step process in fecal testing, but Simplix eliminates four of those steps,” says Adam Heinz, Director of Business Development for Gaudlitz. “Because you have precision dosing, it saves lab technicians a lot of time. And the reduction in processing steps saves the customer both time and money.”
The extraction stick is customizable in length, color and shape of collection grooves for an assay’s own specific volume requirement. The collection grooves are engineered specifically to promote the dispersion of the sample in the buffer solution contained in the tube during vortex or centrifuge. Each device can hold 4 mg to 30 mg of a sample plus up to 2.5ml of buffer solution.