But I agree that it's largely unnecessary, the initial "up to ten tests per day" would have been enough.
But it appears to be a new test cartridge for an already deployed machine, so it makes sense to have it anyways. I don't know who the typical customer of an on-site lab in a box like that is, but I guess that as last part of the market will be defined by remoteness and there it absolutely makes sense.
See https://bosch-vivalytic.com/ for the marginally less fluffy product page
Man, I love German advertising. It's like the one for Ritter Sport chocolate. SQUARE! PRACTICAL! GOOD!
Could be very important for screening doctors, nurses, and people in close contact with high risk populations.
The device itself was apparently made available about two years ago: https://www.irishnews.com/business/2018/04/23/news/randox-bo...
So yes, this is a great achievement and excellent marketing.
So it doesn't really say how many tests it can process in a real-world setting.
That describes how this particular test works. It's a small device with self-contained cartridges, so it's designed to be used outside a lab and doesn't require experts to operate. But as far as I can see, it only processes a single sample at a time. A typical PCR setup in the lab can handle 96 reactions at a time, though you also need controls there which I assume are built in the cartridge in some way in this test. And then there are the big automated systems.
I think the benefit of this device here is only present if you already have one, it's not a way to seriously scale up testing as a whole unless these devices are very widely used already.
If it works and they can provide enough devices, this could be great. Logistics (getting samples and material to labs and handling them there) is one of the constraining factors at the moment.
Correct.
> They should've just written "10 tests per day per device".
Incorrect. Marketing BS works.
"It even works on people who fully understand it and think they are above it."
> Nobody in biotech opens up their wallet for high-ticket items based on a few words on a website.
Sure, but that doesn't mean the wording has no effect.