eVol - The Laboratory ReVolution Continues

The world’s first digital analytical syringe and 2010 R&D100 award winner, eVol®, continues to revolutionize laboratory liquid handling with brand new features available from June 2011. The new eVol® 2011 firmware includes these features incorporated as a result of user feedback:

• A new slow aspirate and dispense “timed move” capability especially useful for titrations and reaction rate control;
• Pharmaceutical and customers with GLP or regulatory requirements will be pleased with the new Write Protect and Password Protect options;
• A new 100μL syringe gives eVol® users even more flexibility to simplify laboratory workflows;
• A doubling of the number of syringes, methods and custom programs that can be saved – 20 now possible;
• Russian ‘help’ screens added to the languages already available - Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish;
• Usability improvements including improved battery life indicators and ‘save custom program’ prompts to prevent accidental loss of unsaved programs.

The new features are available with any eVol® purchased from June 2011, but existing eVol® owners can also take up the new features by returning their eVol® to their local SGE office to receive a firmware upgrade for a small fee. eVol® is the only laboratory product of its kind that offers firmware updates after initial purchase. The ability to update firmware means eVol® can keep pace with the rapid changes occurring in laboratory liquid handling for years to come.

What is eVol®?

eVol® has been created by the coupling of a precision analytical syringe to a digitally controlled electronic drive. The result is a product that eliminates user error and allows significantly improved levels of precision and accuracy in manual dispensing thereby improving laboratory workflows and the reliability of reported results independent of operator skill. eVol® can be easily calibrated enabling laboratories to comply with stringent global laboratory standards (e.g. GLP, GMP, FDA). eVol® is enabled by SGE’s patented XCHANGE® technology - an innovative coupling mechanism. The coupling device enables syringes to be rapidly and easily removed and replaced, allowing them to be dedicated to individual liquids and/or methods and prevent possible cross contamination.

2011 Firmware Update for Existing eVol® Owners

For information on how to upgrade existing eVol® to 2011 firmware including where to send the eVol® handset and costs, please contact SGE.