WASP® — the Walk Away Specimen Processor — is the only automated instrument that addresses most aspects of microbiology specimen management. Empowered by bioMérieux, you can be sure it meets your unique needs.
The WASP® (Walk Away Specimen Processor) instrument is the smart solution for truly comprehensive automation – taking you far beyond planting and streaking to address all aspects of pre-analytical automation. WASP® is an open platform that automates protocols for high quality processing regardless of container or specimen type, such as swabs, liquid specimens, urine, or feces.
When you combine the Liquid Based Microbiology (LBM™) range with WASP® automation, you ensure even more efficient laboratory workflow, improved quality and decreased turnaround time for microbiology testing.
WASP® offers a uniquely flexible approach to automated streaking, with versatile protocol options and familiar streaking patterns. While other systems cannot transfer volumes under 10 µl, WASP® uses loops of 1µl, 10µl and 30µl, so you can adapt to various sample sizes. Staff retraining is minimal, since the streaking pattern can be customized to suit you – WASP® performs different classic patterns that reproduce familiar human gestures. Taken together, this means you can use the combination of loop and streaking pattern that best fits with your lab’s internal procedure for specimen handling to optimize your colony isolation quality. Finally, the loops are reusable – automatically sterilized after use – so they’re more ecological and economical.
WASP® lets you build your own sample management workstation, customized to your needs. This modular design even grows with you as your needs change, prolonging the life of your investment.
GRAM SLIDE PREP |
BROTH INOCULATION |
DISK DISPENSING |
TWIN LOOP |
URINE TURNTABLE |
Inoculation of glass slides for Gram stain testing - inoculation, barcoding, barcode reading & reconciliation, fixation | Transfer an aliquot of the specimen from a primary vial into an enrichment broth tube and label the tube | Automatically place 6 antibiotic paper discs onto plates (up to 4 different dispensers available) | Streak simultaneously both sides of bi-plates with a dual loop | Allows continuous loading of large screw cap containers |
Traceable, consistent and quality slide preparation |
Full traceability |
Regular spacing of the disks, no risk of contamination | Maximized efficiency |
Higher productivity |
WASPLab® takes the added value of the WASP® automated instrument to the next level. This integrated lab automation system makes the full cycle of specimen and plate processing faster, easier and more reliable.
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Inoculation/streaking tool |
Traditional Reusable Nickel Chrome Loop |
Volume for streaking |
1µl, 10µl, 30µl |
Configurable streaking patterns |
Yes |
Input for media |
9 silo carousel (up to 378 plates) |
Output for media |
Sort out carousel with 4 sorting options |
Sample capacity |
Continuous loading of pallets |
Sample Vortex |
Yes |
Sample Centrifugation |
Yes |
Automatic Gram Slide Inoculation, Barcode Labeling and dry out of the slide |
Yes |
Automatic Broth Inoculation |
Yes |
Automatic Disk Deposit |
Yes |
HEPA Filter |
Yes |
WASP dimensions |
790 cm wide x 1930 cm long x 1960 cm high |
WASP weight |
Approximately 590 kg |
GRAM SlidePrep™ dimensions |
71 cm wide x 58 cm long x 125 cm high |
GRAM SlidePrep™ weight |
Approximately 100 kg |