Proprietary Technology Has Expanded Use of NMR by Reducing Siting Requirements
Billerica, Massachusetts, September 22, 2004 - Bruker BioSpin Corporation has announced the shipment of its 2,000th UltraShield magnet, a milestone that demonstrates how the company's active shielding technology has expanded the application of NMR. UltraShield technology significantly reduces magnetic stray fields compared with non-shielded magnets, allowing operation in smaller lab spaces with improved operational safety. Last year, the company introduced UltraShield Plus, which reduced stray fields even further and provided improved shielding against external magnet field interference. This enables better field stability and NMR performance in challenging environments, such as metropolitan areas with subways and other sources of electromagnetic interference.
Available for field strengths from 300 to 900 MHz, UltraShield NMR magnets are used throughout the world in a wide range of life and materials science applications. In recent years, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and academic researchers have successfully applied NMR as an effective tool for protein structure determination.
"UltraShield technology helps our customers overcome many siting limitations and enables maximum flexibility, especially when siting multiple NMR systems in the same lab," commented Razvan Teodorescu, Manager of Bruker BioSpin's Magnet Division in North America. "These successful installations have made us the largest manufacturer of shielded NMR magnets in the world."
About Bruker BioSpin
The global Bruker BioSpin group designs, manufactures and distributes enabling life science and analytical research tools based on magnetic resonance core technology. The Company's technology platforms include NMR, EPR, MRI, as well as superconducting magnets and superconducting wire. Bruker BioSpin's NMR division is the worldwide technology and market leader in NMR. For more information, please visit www.bruker-biospin.com.
