Magellan’s unique PJM StackTag® technology enables hospitals and laboratories to reliably track multiple slides stacked together
Magellan Technology, a technology developer, manufacturer, and licensor of advanced read and write 13.56MHz RFID systems, today announced its new RFID reader with PJM StackTag® technology, which has been specially designed to enable hospitals and laboratories to easily and accurately track multiple DNA and other slide specimens that are stacked or stored very close together with little or no space between the slides. The new RFID reader has been specifically developed to take advantage of Magellan’s unique PJM (Phase Jitter Modulation) StackTag technology, which complies with the international standard ISO/IEC 18000-3 Mode 2, and has the ability to reliably communicate with RFID tags even when they are stacked, touching, or overlapping each other without any separation.As many as 1,000 microscope slides can be read in a few seconds with Magellan’s new RFID reader, providing hospitals and laboratories with an easy and efficient way to catalogue and track the thousands of specimens they have to store, often for many years. The 13.56 MHz HF (High Frequency) technology inherent in Magellan’s reader is ideally suited for difficult environments such as tissue samples and items containing liquids.
“Our solution allows substantially more flexibility for the suppliers of DNA test kits to universities, hospitals, and government agencies than any other RFID systems currently available,” explained Ken Laing, Magellan Technology’s Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “With Magellan’s PJM technology, it’s not a problem when the tags on two different DNA samples touch and as a result, many more samples can be stored on the shelves or in the cabinets. In fact, the savings in time and labour combined with the fact that hundreds if not thousands of samples can be stored more compactly, once again demonstrates Magellan's commitment to identifying applications that until now could not effectively or reliably use RFID.”Magellan’s new RFID reader contains a full embedded RFID Operating System so that it can be directly connected to the IT network using Ethernet or USB. The reader is ROHS-compliant and fully certified for CSA/UL, FCC, CE, Australia and Canada. A video clip is available on the Magellan website that demonstrates the use of the new reader.
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