Acumen Detection, LLC provides the capabilities that ensure quick, accurate determination of contamination or infection where the knowledge is needed: on the farm, in the field, at the processing plant.
The benefit of the solution has to outweigh its cost, and here is where Acumen Detection has spent a significant amount of time, money and effort. PCR technology is the state-of-the-art for sensitive, accurate identification of pathogens, but conventional PCR can be shut down by soil, salts, and food matrices like milk. For conventional PCR, samples have to go through a clean-up step that can take up to an hour, and consume expensive materials. Our PCR assays (i.e., identification chemistries) are formulated to be tolerant of these materials, and so sample clean-up costs are slashed. Our assays are also formulated for extremely long shelf life. They can be stored at room temperatures for two years, and can even tolerate storage at 120°F (50°C) for up to 3 months. This means people working in the field or on the farm don’t have to worry about keeping the chemistries refrigerated, and stocks don’t have to be turned over every year.
The Acu-POLARIS application is the primary interface for testing your assays and can only be used in conjunction with the Acu-POLARIS portable laboratory testing system hardware.
The Acu-POLARIS v.2.6.3 includes various enhancements and bug fixes.