RFID tagging technology streamlines cryogenic sample management

Ziath, a Azenta Life Sciences company, announces a new devolopment in cryogenic sample management – the Ri-Track Mirage 2D barcoded tube whole rack reader.

Traditionally identifying the identity of frost covered racks of 2D barcoded tubes taken from low temperature storage has been a time-consuming and error prone process. Drawing upon proprietary Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging technology – the Ri-Track Mirage can reliably read 2D barcoded racks covered in ice and with racks taken directly from vapor-phase liquid nitrogen storage. The need to warm your rack to thaw it out, which may degrade thermally sensitive samples, to read your identity of your sample rack is eliminated.

Extensive testing has shown that Ri-Track RFID technology can withstand immersion and retrieval from vapor phase liquid nitrogen more than 10,000 times without losing any stored data or showing any physical degradation. Ri-Track is therefore suitable for all forms of traceable long-term cryogenic sample storage.