The changes in LC-MS applications, driven by the life science,
proteomics and screening market, forced the manufacturers to take
a second look at established analytical tools. In these application
segments as many injection cycles are gone through in one night as
used to be done in a month or more. An injection every 30 seconds
is not just one syringe plunger cycle. Including the fill strokes and
wash cycles, there are 5 to 10 strokes per sample. Such a pace is very
stressful for a device that was invented almost 60 years ago. The new
design and the careful selection of new materials for CTC's X-Type
syringe enhanced the lifetime of the syringe plunger up to 100’000
strokes without any loss of leak tightness. The extended syringe
lifetime enables true 24 hour nonstop high throughput analysis for
your LC-MS assay.