GE announces its new Kaye Validator® ITMS

Billerica, Massachusetts, April 15, 2005.

GE Infrastructure Sensing, a leading provider of process validation and monitoring instrumentation, announces its new Kaye Validator® ITMS. The Validator ITMS is a portable at-line instrument for accelerating the cleaning validation process. Operators can assess system cleanliness at-line with no delay, and get production lines up and running quickly. As an alternative to traditional analytical techniques (HPLC), the instrument provides significant gains in production line utilization and capacity.

“Cleaning validation is a notoriously time consuming process. With the Validator ITMS customers can verify system cleanliness in a matter of seconds rather than hours. The potential gains in equipment utilization and productivity are significant, representing added revenue and profit opportunities for our customers,” said Karen Huffman, manager of GE Infrastructure Sensing’s healthcare business.

Using proprietary ion trap mobility spectrometry, the Kaye Validator ITMS analyzes swab samples for the presence of small molecule API residues and cleaning agents in mere seconds. Sensitive to pico-gram detection levels, yet simple to operate and requiring minimal consumables, the Kaye Validator ITMS brings new efficiency to the world of cleaning validation. The system is backed by a comprehensive one-year warranty that includes software upgrades, and is supported by fully validated hardware, software and firmware documentation.