FREE Carpe Diem is an integrated analytical system which allows you to perform, thanks to its particular specifications, any type of clinical-chemical analysis based on the principle of photometry (in the wide spectral range for which it is prepared). In particular, it is designed to run the entire panel of tests for assessing oxidative stress (Carratelli’s Panel). The acronym FREE stands for Free Radical Elective Evaluator. FREE Carpe Diem is the ideal instrument  to study diagnostic problems of oxidative stress. The compact size and functionality of the design makes it an easily placed in any context, from the laboratory to the doctor's office, hospital and health center at the clinic.

To use Free Carpe Diem we recommended a course of instruction.

The instrument is equipped with:

• Mini-centrifuge integrated
• Liquid crystal display for programming and measurement
• Compartment cell holder for temperature control of samples (9 units)
• Alpha-numeric keypad
• Graphics printer for printing data, calibration curves and kinetics.
  
  

It is also equipped with the following accessories:

• Variable pipette and tips
• Waste container
• Eppendorf  cuvette holder and test tube holder
• Standard Serum
• User manual

Specifications

Methods of measurement:

Absorbance, end point, kinetic, fixed and time and differential with standard (1-8) or with K factor.

Photometer:

long life halogen lamp 20 W, 6 interference filters, 340, 405, 505, 540, 578, 630 nm, with an accuracy of + / - 2 nm and bandwidth of 8 nm and two vacant positions for optional filters;

solid-state optical detector;

Photometric linearity: from -0.2000 to 3.0000 O.D.;

Resolution 0.000 1 o.d.

Meaning of measure:

square cuvette of optical path length 10 mm;

temperature control from 20 ° C to 45 ° C with resolution of 0.1 ° C with Peltier effect element;

ability to read directly cuvettes  square and tubes with 1 cm in diameter;

9 wells incubated for square cuvettes or tubes.

Size:

L. 35 cm x D. 30 x H. 12 cm

Software:

all functions of the photometer is controlled by a microprocessor with flash memory, upgradeable by USB port;

80 preset programs;

automatic printing of results and calibration and kinetics curves;

timers;

self-diagnostic function.

User Interface:

functional alphanumeric keyboard;

graphic LCD display 128x64 dots;

graphic thermal printer 192 dots per line;

USB serial port;

ability to download data with XML protocol.

Power supply:

110/230V ac + / - 10% 50/60Hz, 80 VA.

Weight:

7.5 kg.