TEWKSBURY, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced software enhancements to its Thermo Scientific FirstDefender RM and FirstDefender RMX handheld Raman chemicalentification instruments. The software enhancements allow for faster results, detection of chemicals at lower concentrations and a first ever Tagging feature that enables users to prioritize and tag individual chemicals of interest.
Thermo Fisher designed these new features to allow first responders, homeland security, military, law enforcement and forensic chemistry personnel to quicklyentify chemicals in the field, such as explosives, industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents, and precursors.
The FirstDefender® RM/RMX v4.0 software includes updated chemicalentification algorithms that are designed to accelerate complex mixture analysis. Chemical analysis is enhanced for tagged items, leading to detection capability at lower concentrations. On-screen visual notification highlights the presence of a tagged item for escalation as defined by a commanding officer. In addition to updated matching algorithms and the new tagging feature, the FirstDefender RM/RMX v4.0 software update includes an expanded on-board library.
“We’re constantly improving our instruments to ensure that our users have the most advanced capabilities possible,” said Maura Fitzpatrick, senior director, safety and security, Thermo Fisher portable analytical instruments business. “The performance enhancements in this release are testament to this commitment. Further, this release allows users to leverage their experience by incorporating situational awareness to improve analysis results. This is unprecedented.”
Thermo Scientific FirstDefender instruments are part of a broad offering of handheld instruments, including the Thermo Scientific TruDefender line of FTIR spectrometers. Thermo Scientific chemicalentification instruments are used worldwide by law enforcement, hazmat teams and bomb squads toentify unknown chemicals using lab-proven technology. To learn more, please visit www.thermoscientific.com/safety-chemID or contact customer support: support@chemid.thermofisher.com; 800-374-1992 (domestic toll-free) or +1-978-642-1100 (international).
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of $12 billion, we have approximately 39,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through three premier brands, Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific and Unity™ Lab Services, which offer a unique combination of innovative technologies, convenient purchasing options and a single solution for laboratory operations management. Our products and services help our customers solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase labor productivity. Visit www.thermofisher.com.
For more information, contact: Gaby Berkman, for Thermo Fisher Scientific Phone: (617) 275-6553 Email: gberkman@greenoughcom.com