Sercon ABCA2 breath analyser for helicobacter pylori detection

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Good performance and versatility, combined with user-friendly software, make the ABCA2 from Sercon a suitable choice for ¹³C breath tests for helicobacter pylori detection. Enabling high throughput, the product is based on isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) and provides 0.1% precision (range 0.1 to 10% ¹³C).

¹³C is a non-radioactive, naturally occurring stable isotope that is used to label a specific metabolic substrate. The patient ingests and metabolises the substance, such as urea, in such a way that the ¹³C is released as ¹³CO₂ and expelled in the patient’s breath. The level of ¹³CO₂ measured in the breath is used to determine a particular metabolic disorder.

Other demonstrated ¹³C applications include: fat malabsorption, pancreatic function, lactose intolerance, bile acid circulation, gastric emptying, liver function and metabolic turnover rate measurements.