Copan Diagnostics is the world leader in microbiological pre-analytics. The company was founded in 1979 in Mantua, Italy. The name is an acronym and stands for "COadiuvanti Per ANalisi" - aids for analysis. The name says it all: Copan develops high quality and innovative sample collection solutions for infectious diseases, human genomics, environmental and forensic applications as well as high-end automated workflow solutions. The Copan Group operates internationally with facilities in the USA, Japan, China and Australia. Copan is headquartered in Brescia, Italy.
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We offer a selection of Copan Diagnostics products for microbiology. Currently available are Transystem swabs, swab sets with and without media and Pasteur pipettes. The range is constantly being expanded. If you cannot find the Copan product you are looking for, please contact our customer service team for a custom quote.
The Transystem™ family includes different media for efficient and safe transport of many bacterial strains. Swabs are available with Amies Gel and Stuart media for aerobic culture, rapid antigen testing and molecular testing. Gel-Cary-Blair medium is suitable for aerobic and anaerobic cultures - with or without carbon.
Transystem™ maintains the viability of various aerobic and anaerobic organisms for 24 hours at room and refrigerated temperatures: Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Coxsackie B4 virus, Herpes simplex virus type 2, Influenza A, Respiratory syncytial virus, Varicella zoster virus and Chlamydia trachomatis.
Copan developed and patented Flocked Swabs in 2004: FLOQ® technology uses short, vertical nylon® fibres at the tip of the swab shaft. The resulting capillary forces increase sample yield tenfold. At the same time, there is almost 100% release because there is no disordered fibre structure, as with cotton swabs, which would trap the sample. This technology is used in Copan eSwab® swabs.
Today, liquid-based microbiology (LBM) is the gold standard for microbiological sample transport, converting solid samples into easy-to-process, automatable and versatile liquid samples. Since the launch of the eSwab® in 2006, the LBM® family has expanded to include numerous liquid media, so that today there is virtually no clinical microbiology sample that cannot be collected, transported and processed in a liquid medium.