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22nd February, 2012SAW Instruments will be attending the Eighth Annual PEGS Conference in Boston, US from April 30th – May 4th more News
22nd February, 2012Feature tutorial article in February 2012 edition of GEN Download article more News
15th December, 2011Successful North American Product Launch Prompts Saw Instruments to Extend sam®X Early Adopter Price Promotion
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14th December, 2011SAW Instruments and ACOBIO K.K. Sign Exclusive Agreement to Distribute sam® Biosensors in Japan
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5th December, 2011SAW Instruments Launches NEW sam®X Acoustic Biosensor in US read press release more News
Chip and chemistry coatings
The Sensor Chips which run on sam®5 have 5 channels. Chips are available in a range of pre-coated chemistries for both sam®5 BLUE and sam®5 GREEN as follows.
| Chip/chemistry coatings | sam®5 BLUE | sam®5 GREEN |
|---|---|---|
| Plain gold | Yes | No |
| COOH SAM | Yes | Yes |
| OH SAM | Yes | Yes |
| CH3 SAM | Yes | Yes |
| NH2 SAM | Yes | Yes |
| Carboxymethyl Dextran | Yes | Yes |
| Streptavidin Dextran | Yes | Yes |
| Protein A/G | Yes | Yes |
| Typical customer groups | Academics Multi users |
Industry Dedicated groups with routine assays |
| Key benefit | Maximum flexibility | Repeatability and Precision |
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A spotting device is provided for attaching different discrete capture molecules onto the different sensor positions of the chip. This spotting is done off line from the sam®5.



