Possible applications

“The Lab 004” is recommended to be installed in rural primary healthcare facilities to offer patients with high quality and efficient medical testing services.
It is portable in size, has no limitation from water or drainage supply, and affordable. It can be used in a wide range of facilities such as mobile clinics, remote facilities up to urban healthcare centres.
Therefore it is helpful for medical personnel even in rural areas to give proper medical advice to patients. For example, in case they realize abnormality, they can adjust the type and dosage of drug in time to prevent or minimize the damage on patients’ kidney and liver.

Competitive advantage

・”The Lab 004” is a compact simplified blood testing device yet applicable in kidney and liver function testing.
・A line-up of renal and hepatic test parameters.
・It doesn’t require a water supply system or a drainage system, hence it is easy to install in a wide range of facilities. (small rural clinics, Mobile Clinics, etc.).
・It passed the dust proof test hence measurement will not be affected by dust especially experienced in rural facilities.
・The device is easy to operate, and interpretation of results is simple.
・The device is maintenance-free, so no special handling training is required.
・The device reagents are also individually packaged in individual aluminum packages, so you don’t have to worry about deterioration of remaining unused regents as the case with bottle-type reagents.
・No waste of reagents.
・In addition, ARKRAY offers compact urine analyzers, blood glucose meters and HbA1c analyzers used in the field of diabetes, and measurement kits used in the field of infectious diseases, which can easily be installed in small clinics.

The sales price is expected to be less than $1,000/unit. There is possibility of discount negotiations for customers who buy in bulk. Price of the measurement reagent is $2/test.

Performance

Sample: serum or plasma
Parameter: Creatinine, uric acid, serum calcium, AST, ALT
Measurement principle: Dual wavelength transmitted light measurement
Measurement time: Approximately 4 to 5 minutes (depending on the item)
Sample volume: 4 μL
The sample (serum or plasma) can be obtained by a common centrifuge from whole blood (about 100 μL).

Dust proof : IPX 0　
External dimensions: W: 110 × D: 225 × H: 54 mm
Weight: 0.6 kg
Voltage: DC 5V
Warranty: 1 year

Technical maturity / Past record of introduction

CE marking certification in 2019

“The Lab 004” device was just launched in February 2020.
Device performance evaluations are being planned in primary healthcare of several countries in sub-Saharan Africa region. ARKRAY is currently looking for distributors in regions of Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Information on patent related to this technology

Patent No. JP6059457

Name	ARKRAY Inc.
Address	Yousuien-nai, 59 Gansuin-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 602-0008, Japan
Capital	Undisclosed
Contact person	Mr. Hironobu YOSHINAGA Mail: afinquiry@arkray.co.jp         AGB-inquiry@arkray.co.jp Tel: +81-50-5527-9306 Corporate website: http://www.arkray.co.jp/english/index.html
Number of employees	Approx. 3000 (as of 31 March, 2020)
Date of company foundation	June 1960
The type of business	Manufacture: Medical testing system for blood and urine

                  

International operation

Number of employees for international operation		Approx. 2000
Overseas offices	City, Country	Name of Company (if applicable)
	USA	ARKRAY America, Inc.
	India	ARKRAY Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
	Netherlands	ARKRAY Europe, B.V.
	UK	ARKRAY Factory Ltd.
	Russia	ARKRAY Ltd.
	Poland	Color Trading Sp. z o. o.
	UAE	ARKRAY Europe, B.V. ARKRAY Middle East Branch
	Philippines	ARKRAY Industry, Inc.
	Indonesia	PT. ARKRAY
	Singapore	ARKRAY&PARTNERS Pte. Ltd.
	Korea	ARKRAY Global Business, Inc. Seoul Sales and Service Office
	China	愛科来医療科技（平湖）有限公司

Modality of business transaction

Partnership
ARKRAY is looking for a distributor; to consign sales, provision of reagents and after service.

Export of product
We would like to export our products directly from Japan and have a local company as a distributor without having local staff.

Schematic illustration of the technology

The Lab 004 product guide

The Lab 004 operating manual

News on 27 August, 2019: http://www.arkray.co.jp/english/news/2019/release20180827_jp_en.html