Abstract: A system of medical devices, the system comprising: a medical device data management system; a plurality of medical devices communicatively connected to the medical device data management system; each medical device being operable to analyze one or more samples of biological material; and to communicate information about an operational state of the medical device to the medical device data management system; a plurality of portable electronic devices, each operable to be carried by an operator, each portable electronic device communicatively connectable to the medical device data management system and configured to receive, from the medical device data management system, information indicative of an operational state of respective medical devices and to display the received information in respect of one or more selected ones of the medical devices.

Abstract: A system of medical devices, the system comprising: a medical device data management system; a plurality of medical devices communicatively connected to the medical device data management system; each medical device being operable to analyze one or more samples of biological material; and to communicate information about an operational state of the medical device to the medical device data management system; a plurality of portable electronic devices, each operable to be carried by an operator, each portable electronic device communicatively connectable to the medical device data management system and configured to receive, from the medical device data management system, information indicative of an operational state of respective medical devices and to display the received information in respect of one or more selected ones of the medical devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of selective metallization, and in particular to preparing a polymer article for selective metallization by submerging the article in a first liquid, and while submerged irradiate the article by a laser beam the area of the article on which the metal is to be deposited. An activation step, prior to the selective metallization, comprises submerging the article in an activation liquid for depositing seed particles in the selected area. The irradiation of the selected area is proportionate so as to cause a temporary melting of the polymer in the surface of the selected area of the polymer article. The invention is advantageous in that the preparation may be performed with a relatively high scan rate across the polymer article, and in that a quite limited use of toxic chemicals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of selective metallization, and in particular to preparing a polymer article for selective metallization by submerging the article in a first liquid, and while submerged irradiate the article by a laser beam the area of the article on which the metal is to be deposited. An activation step, prior to the selective metallization, comprises submerging the article in an activation liquid for depositing seed particles in the selected area. The irradiation of the selected area is proportionate so as to cause a temporary melting of the polymer in the surface of the selected area of the polymer article. The invention is advantageous in that the preparation may be performed with a relatively high scan rate across the polymer article, and in that a quite limited use of toxic chemicals.