5 Reasons Core Labs Choose the Abbott Architect i2000SR for High-Volume Immunoassay Testing
Not every immunoassay bottleneck happens in the emergency department. Core laboratories and reference labs face a different challenge: a steady, high-volume stream of cytokine panels, tumor markers, and hormone assays that needs to move through the system predictably, day after day, without the analyzer becoming the rate-limiting step.
The Abbott Architect i2000SR was built for exactly that kind of sustained, routine immunoassay workload, offering meaningfully more capacity than its smaller i1000SR sibling without moving into full-scale automation territory.
Here are 5 reasons core laboratories rely on the i2000SR for their daily immunoassay volume.
1. Double the Throughput of the i1000SR
The i2000SR delivers up to 200 tests per hour, twice the capacity of the i1000SR. For labs that have outgrown a smaller immunoassay analyzer but don't yet need a fully automated high-volume track, that doubled throughput keeps daily batch testing moving without requiring a platform change.
2. Expanded Onboard Reagent Capacity
With 25 refrigerated reagent positions onboard, the i2000SR can hold a broader standing menu of assays ready to run at any time, reducing how often technologists need to swap reagents mid-shift. That matters most in core labs running a wide, rotating mix of endocrinology, oncology, and infectious disease panels on any given day.
3. Comprehensive Diagnostic Coverage
The i2000SR delivers insight into a broad range of immunological parameters, including cytokines, antibodies, antigens, and immune cell populations. That breadth lets core labs consolidate a wide immunoassay menu onto a single platform rather than routing different panel types to different analyzers.
4. Integration with Existing Chemistry Systems
The i2000SR can be integrated with the Architect c8000 or c16000 chemistry analyzers, consolidating clinical chemistry and immunoassay testing into one connected module. For labs already running Architect chemistry systems, that means adding immunoassay capacity without introducing an entirely separate, disconnected workflow.
5. Proven Reliability at a Lower Acquisition Cost
The i2000SR has a long, well-documented service history across hospital and reference labs. A certified refurbished unit delivers that same dependable, familiar performance at a significantly lower acquisition cost than newer high-volume immunoassay platforms, freeing up capital for other core lab priorities.
Scale Your Core Lab's Immunoassay Capacity
At Diamond Diagnostics, we help laboratories size their immunoassay platform to their actual daily volume, whether that's emergency STAT testing or sustained core lab throughput.
Every Abbott Architect i2000SR we supply undergoes our complete Down-To-Frame® refurbishment protocol, including full disassembly, component-level restoration, and rigorous multi-level quality control validation, so your lab gets day-one analytical confidence.