The VENTANA BenchMark ULTRA Automated Immunohistochemistry Staining System is a leading solution designed to optimize workflow in anatomical pathology laboratories, delivering superior efficiency, consistent quality, and enhanced productivity for immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in situ hybridization (ISH) applications. It is an indispensable tool for providing accurate and reliable diagnostic results.

Key Features and Benefits:

• Full and Comprehensive Automation:
  • The system performs fully automated procedures from drying, deparaffinization, to staining tissue or cell samples.
  • Supports a diverse range of tests, including IHC, ISH, SISH, immunofluorescence, multiplex IHC (double, triple), contrast staining, and titration.
• Maximum Productivity and Efficiency:
  • Slide tray allows for placing 1 to 30 slides with independent temperature control and individual processing for each position, eliminating the need for batch runs.
  • The instrument can stain up to 90 slides in 8 hours and 30 slides overnight, maximizing work efficiency.
  • The reagent carousel provides 35 reagent loading positions.
  • Supports STAT (immediate run) capability without affecting slides currently being processed, ensuring fast turnaround times.
• Advanced Core Staining Technology:
  • Individual Heating Plates: Ensures uniform heat distribution and enhances reaction kinetics for staining on each slide.
  • Liquid Coverslip: Creates a reaction chamber that covers the entire slide surface, limiting evaporation, ensuring tissue integrity, and minimizing artifacts from dried tissue.
  • Ventana Vortex technology: Ensures uniform reagent distribution and consistent staining across the entire tissue section.
• Smart Reagent and Waste Management:
  • Uses a maximum of 7 different types of bulk reagents in 3 to 6 liter containers, which can be replaced as needed without interrupting the process.
  • The waste system is equipped with two 20-liter waste containers and can be easily replaced without interrupting the process.
• Flexible and Integrated Design:
  • The system can be configured as a floor-standing unit.
  • From 1 to 8 BenchMark ULTRA systems (or Discovery ULTRA, BenchMark Special Stains) can be controlled from a single computer system, providing seamless integration for the laboratory.
  • Compatible with 25 × 75 mm, 1 × 3 inch, or 26 × 76 mm slides.
• Ensured Safety and Quality:
  • Environmental temperature control up to 100ºC.
  • Ensures water quality meets NCCLS Type II or equivalent standards (deionized water).
  • The instrument is manufactured and certified in compliance with strict international safety standards such as EC/EN 61010-1, IEC/EN 61010-2-010, IEC/EN 61010-2-101, IEC/EN 61010-2-081, EN 61326-2-6.