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National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Programs Protected By Franek Technologies

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 09:01 CDT

Franek Technologies, Inc., the leader in certified Category III-3 Laboratory Battery Backup Power Protection Systems (LPS/UPS), has currently installed more than 135 certified, instrumentation-specific laboratory power protection systems at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a dozen LPS units in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NAIAD) Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML). As a result of these installations, key instrumentation within the NIAID's RML, located in Hamilton, Montana, is now protected against power fluctuations, damaging harmonics or power failure that could otherwise cause loss of samples and data, costly damage to instrumentation, as well as significant lost productive time. The risk posed by irregular power conditions at these remote laboratories, as well as the critical nature of the high-profile research, merits the highest level of power protection provided by Franek Technologies.

Franek Technologies' engineering team provided consultation and design of power protection systems for mission critical instrumentation, including microscopy systems from Hitachi and Philips, real-time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) gene amplification, DNA sequencers, and genetic analyzers from Applied Biosystems, as well as robotics and gene chip scanner instrumentation systems from Tecan and Affymetrics. The NIAID RML plays a key role in the nation's biomedical research program and the nation's fight against bioterrorism and emerging viral infections, such as the Avian Influenza A (H5N1 - bird flu). The state-of-the-art labs, staffed with world-class scientists, rely on extremely sophisticated instrumentation to conduct high-throughput research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, pandemic, immunologic, and allergic diseases. Such long-term testing and processes often rely on highly leveraged robotic automation that is extremely sensitive to uncontrolled electrical and environmental conditions, such as power fluctuations, intra-lab harmonic distortion or interruptions. For more than 50 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.

Franek Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing Laboratory Productivity/Protection Systems (LPS/UPS) for analytical, diagnostics, forensic, life-science, pharmaceutical and biotechnology instrumentation systems applications. Its certified uninterruptible battery backup power sources for laboratory and instrumentation applications protect over $3 billion in laboratory assets worldwide. The company's power engineers have developed LPS/UPS products for over 1,500 instrumentation applications, from more than 80 manufacturers, to meet US Government power requirements. For more information, call (800) 326-6480 or visit www.franek.com.

 Contacts: North America: Jeanna Sanchez JCS Public Relations Tel: (760) 295-4166 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=84656EC99E2C1AEB  Ray Hecker Franek Technologies, Inc. Tel: (800) 326-6480 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=58E7DAD29A0C09E5  

SOURCE: Franek Technologies, Inc.

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