New Adapter Technology Makes Wet Chemical Analysis Safer and More Reliable

Wet chemical analysis by definition includes handling liquid reagents. Exposure to chemicals during reagent exchange is a potential hazard to the health of laboratory workers, especially when removing aspiration tubes from bottles with toxic content. Metrohm (Switzerland) is pleased to present the OMNIS Liquid Adapter, a new technology that puts an end to this risk altogether by handling reagents in a closed system at any stage during reagent exchange.

The patented OMNIS Liquid Adapter is simply snapped onto a corresponding bottle cap that is part of the reagent bottle. As soon as this liquid adapter is connected to the bottle cap, reagent from the bottle can be aspirated by the system and the analysis can be started.

Artificial intelligence further enhances this new system enabling unambiguous identification and monitoring of the reagent at all times. To this end, the bottle cap contains an RFID chip with complete information about the content of the bottle. Upon connection to the Liquid Adapter, OMNIS identifies the reagent and checks it against the specifications of the method to be performed. This check prevents user errors and provides full traceability of the titration.