Health & Medicine

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

The reagents served as controls for immunoassays on systems that included the Beckman Synchron.

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman's Electrolyte 2 Analyzer debuted in 1980.

Beckman's AA Amino Acid Analysis systems debuted in 1985.

Beckman promoted the System 7300's ability to produce aminograms.

This instrument, introduced in 1974, can run both blood glucose and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) analyses.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…

Beckman's AA Amino Acid Analysis systems debuted in 1985.

Beckman released the System 6300 High Performance Amino Acid Analyzer in 1982.

Beckman released the Model 42 Clinical Spectrophotometer in 1981.

The Beckman/Spinco Model 6300 High Performance Amino Acid Analyzer was released in 1982.

BUN stands for Blood Urea Nitrogen.

Creatinine, a byproduct of muscle metabolism, can be measured to determine renal function.

The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very…

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

Beckman released its first L5 centrifuge in 1973 and the L8 in 1978.

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or…

The press release announces the TLA-100.3 Fixed Angle Rotor, which increases the capacity of the ultracentrifuge.

Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry…

The press release notes the addition of a personal computer simplifies electrophoresis reporting and allows for a flexible laboratory workflow.

The press release discusses a flow cell instrument, the DU Clinical System.

The press release discusses the System 7300 Amino Acid Analyzer, with special reference to Peggy R. Borum's work on using aminograms in patient care.

Beckman Instruments introduced the Metabolic Measurement Cart (MMC) in 1975. The programmable system could automatically test oxygen, carbon dioxide, barometric pressure, expired air volume and temperature, and print…

Beckman introduced the KLiNa Flame System, a flame photometer with attached diluter and printer, in 1971. The company first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.

Flame photometers determine the presence and…

Beckman's Biogamma II was introduced in 1975. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique for measuring the antigen concentration. Known quantities of radioactive (labeled or “hot”) antigens and antibodies are mixed, then…

Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.

The instrument simultaneously measured chloride and carbon dioxide. It was used in clinical settings to analyze serum, spinal fluid, and sweat.