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Intended Use
Safety Information
Features of BreathTek™ UBT
Test Administration
The POCone™
The UBiT®-IR300




THE BREATHTEK™ UBT TEST

Intended Use


The BreathTek™ UBT Collection Kit is intended for use in the qualitative detection of urease associated with Helicobacter pylori in the human stomach and as an aid in the initial diagnosis and post-treatment monitoring of Helicobacter pylori infection in adult patients.  The test may be used for monitoring treatment if used at least four (4) weeks following completion of therapy.  For these purposes, the system utlizes an Infrared Spectrophotometer for the measurement of the ratio of 13CO2 to 12CO2 in breath samples.

For administration by health care professionals.  To be administered under a physician's supervision.

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Package Insert.

Safety Information

For more information about the Intended Use, Warnings, Precautions, Limitations, and Patient Preparation of the BreathTek UBT test, please see the
Safety Information section.


Features of BreathTek UBT

The BreathTek urea breath test is an easy and convenient test for both the patient and the physician.  

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Test Administration 

The BreathTek urea breath test can be easily administered in about 15 minutes. The test is non-invasive and non-radioactive. It only takes four simple steps! 

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The POCone™

The POCone Infrared Spectrophotometer is an in vitro diagnostic device designed to measure changes in 13CO2 content in breath CO2 gas by infrared spectroscopic analysis for use in conjunction with BreathTek UBT for H. pylori

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The UBiT®- IR300

The UBiT-IR300 Infrared Spectrophotometer is an in vitro diagnostic device designed to measure changes in 13CO2 content in breath CO2 gas by infrared spectroscopic analysis for use in conjunction with BreathTek UBT for H. pylori.

When used in combination with the UBiT®-AS10 up to 10 samples may be run in either batch mode or continuous mode.

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