Tomcat®

Designed to overcome sample pre-processing pain points and free up staff.

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Automate Sample Pre-Processing

The Tomcat Instrument is a fully automated general purpose device that eliminates the inefficient and error-prone process of manual aliquoting. It eases the workload on your laboratory, allowing re-deployment of staff to more value-added tasks.¹

Improved Workflow, Freeing Up Staff

The Tomcat instrument helps streamline workflow and enhances productivity by eliminating manual sample transfer.

Flexible Automation of Pre-processing¹

Automated handling of multiple sample types, such as liquid based cytology samples for molecular testing.

Flexible workflow with the option to continuously load/unload samples, consumables, and waste.

Increase Quality Assurance and Control¹

Greater confidence with positive sample ID and chain of custody. Reduced risk of cross-contamination.

Automated barcode validation of samples.

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Increases efficiency by eliminating hours of manual pipetting and potential errors.

Easy to use instrument with an intuitive touch-screen user interface and simple workflow.

Scale Without Sacrificing Floorspace

Process samples in as little as 90 seconds.¹

The small footprint requires minimal bench space.

Simplify & Scale the Future of Diagnostics

Tomcat is part of the Hologic Molecular Scalable Solution, a portfolio combining a broad, high performing assay menu with high throughput automation. Designed to flexibly scale to meet your needs, from a single patient result to population level screening.

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Key Functionality¹

Barcode validation
Vortexing
De-capping
Aliquoting
Re-capping
Reagent addition (when desired)
Incubation (when desired)
Racking of completed samples for molecular testing

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