The Abbott AxSYM is an immunochemical

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made by

Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States. The company was founded by Chicago physician Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 to formulate known dr ...

. It is used for

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tests and therapeutic drug monitoring, and uses antibodies to alter the

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. It can also be used to monitor hormone level and some cardiac markers such as troponin. __TOC__

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Blood samples and

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s are placed in separate carousels on the right of the machine. This instrument is used in

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by trained medical personnel. It can process about 100 samples an hour.

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