Cork, Ireland – May  29, 2012 – Radisens Diagnostics and Beckman Coulter, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a Collaborative Development and Evaluation Agreement to exploit Radisens Diagnostics’ proprietary platform technology for cellular analysis applications.

Comprising part of Radisens point-of-care diagnostic platform, the proprietary digital HDR™ detection engine delivers industry leading multi-colour fluorescence and scattering sensitivity. This matchbox-sized HDR™ detection engine delivers a step-change in the market for portable multi-fluorescent flow cytometers, cell analysers and diagnostic devices. The six decades of optical dynamic range enables truly automatic sample-to-answer operation, with the digital solid-state technology removing the need for expensive maintenance cycles, while significantly reducing instrument cost.

Jerry O’Brien, CEO of Radisens Diagnostics said, “This strategic collaboration with Beckman Coulter demonstrates the disruptive nature of the diagnostics technology that we are developing at Radisens in terms of performance, cost and usability. This opens up huge growth opportunities in providing clinicians and researchers a powerful, low-cost diagnostic tool onto their desk with the advanced laboratory performance they require.”

Commenting on the deal, Mario Koksch, Director Product Management for Flow Cytometry at Beckman Coulter, Inc., said “We are very excited by the potential performance, cost and usability benefits that Radisens can bring with its proprietary HDR™ detection technology. We look forward to realizing the huge potential this offers within emerging high-growth flow cytometry markets, while maintaining a reputation for high performance.”

About Radisens Diagnostics
Radisens Diagnostics develops disruptive point-of-care diagnostic platforms and multiplexed test panels, which diagnose and monitor patients for multiple chronic and acute care conditions. This is the only point-of-care platform to integrate immunoassay, biochemistry and cellular haematology onto a single test panel. Using a finger-prick of blood, the analyser returns laboratory-grade results in the doctor’s office within minutes. With offices in Cork, Ireland and Boston, Massachusetts, Radisens Diagnostics is a convergence of medical diagnostics and consumer electronics using disruptive patent pending technology to deliver on the significant market and clinical need for decentralising diagnostics into point of care settings such as doctor’s offices, outpatient and emergency room departments, intensive care units and hospital bedsides.

About Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter, Inc., based in Orange County, CA, develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical tests. More than 275,000 Beckman Coulter systems operate in both diagnostics and life sciences laboratories on six continents. For more than 75 years, Beckman Coulter products have been making a difference in peoples’ lives by improving the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and reducing the cost of care. For more information, visit www.beckmancoulter.com.

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Jerry O’Brien
Radisens Diagnostics Ltd
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