What’s new in Process Analytical Technology?

 How about uses for standardized instrument control and data management software that’s compatible with the entire analytical instrument and process analysis industries and compliant will all 21 CFR part11 requirements?

Dr. Michael Doyle, Norm Jennings, and Dr. Mike Power are the three principals of Symbion Systems, Inc. a sister company to Axiom Analytical, Inc. a widely respected manufacturer of sample interfacing equipment for on-line process analysis.

Symbion Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 to develop and market standardized instrument control and data management software for the analytical instrument and Process Analytical Technology needs.

After discussing this problem with their current software providers, Doyle and Jennings realized that, to tackle the problem of creating standardized software capable of meeting the generally accepted requirements for process analysis while interfacing with a wide range of instruments, they would have to do it themselves.

They were soon able to identify Dr. Mike Power as the ideal person to head up the software development program.

Dr. Power, with his unique experience on process analytical technologies was the perfect fit for Symbion. Dr. Power independently conceived the need for such a program and was already working on its development.

The fruit of their labor is SYMBION-DX, a universal application development and on-line monitoring environment for all process analysis requirements.

Symbion-DX™ fills the pressing need in the field of process analysis: the need for a common software platform to control and process data from a wide variety of analyzers while providing the functions required to implement all of the operational requirements of process analysis.

Prior to the development of Symbion-DX™, virtually all process analysis software was provided by individual analyzer manufacturers. Consequently, each program worked only with the instruments of that one manufacturer - making it necessary for process analysts to learn and train others to use a wide variety of programs.

In addition, the unit volume of individual hardware suppliers often has not justified the effort required to develop and support the comprehensive software required.

In the view of many process analysts, the majority of the programs currently available do not properly address the real needs of the process analysis community.

Axiom Analytical and Symbion Systems have stepped in and did something about it.

About the Author

Gregg Kell is President of Kell Solutions (www.web-site-design.tv)a website design and search engine optimization firm based in Laguna Niguel, CA. Permission is granted to re-publish this article providing it is published in its entirety without exclusion including this Author’s Block and imbedded links. The author may be contacted via email/

 Gregg Kell

More Articles 

Technology Innovation: Scoring Goals - Joe Morray
It is interesting to note and analyze that a substantial number of European organizations have traditionally been leading their North American and Asian counterparts in the implementation and benefits from advanced data systems. The question of...

ETO Institute Guides Manufacturing Technology Choices - Thomas Cutler
According to the January 2006 issue of the Penton publication American Machinist, "Engineer-to-order products usually are complex and, unlike repetitively manufactured products, customers are involved extensively throughout the design...

VoIP Technology - Talk is Cheap! - Johnny Mayer
VoIP products are integral to the most advanced and reliable VoIP and Voice over ATM platforms currently sold by leading VoIP telecom and networking companies worldwide. VoIP products based on VoIP enabled technology products employ Voice over...

The Arrival Of DVD-to-iPod Technology - Joseph Davis
What is so great about DVDs? DVD technology is the latest addition to the world of technological innovations. Since the surge in popularity of the turntable discs in the 1950s, technology has reinvented itself almost every decade with the release...

Technology Study Shows Spyware's True Threats - Mitch Johnson
Spyware, adware and malware are all similar to each other, with each one attacking user's privacy in a different way and with varying purposes. Spyware is used by different intruders to either track internet usage information for advertising or to...

Technology and Cell Phone Dating - J Jackson
Just when I thought technology had finally outdone itself with online dating, it goes one better with cell phone dating.  Does it get any easier than this? Cell phones are not just for calling anymore.  They went from talking and...

Thumb Drives - Great New Technology! - Mike Burstein
Thumb Drives - Great New Technology! The ability to easily move data from PC to PC with minimal inconvenience is just another benefit computers have brought to the current business world. Over the past few years, the different options to save and...

Biotechnology Rather Than Aid Can Alleviate Poverty - James Wachai
G8 leaders have agreed to boost aid to Africa by $25 billion by 2010. The G8 countries include USA, Canada, Britain, France, Japan, Russia, Germany and Italy. As expected, Africa is in celebration mood. To many, this announcement heralds the...

The Kids are Alright: Technology is a Larger Part of Our Kids Lives Now More Than Ever. But Is Technology Making Our Kids Smarter? Part 1 of 2 - Michael Dillon
As we enter the new millennium, we face many uncertainties. The cultural and political landscape of the world is changing rapidly, often making it difficult for us to keep up. There are very few constants that we can point to and say,...

Telephone Technology - Andrew Taub
Today's technology can be very intimidating. Even the best technology is only as good as it's implementation. You need a qualified vendor to explain what "new" technologies are and how they can help your business. A good vendor can also help explain...

The Technology behind the Coolest Flat Panel TVs Today - Dakota Caudilla
It's hard to deny the fact that plasma TVs offer the best quality picture ever since the tube is introduced to mankind!! The crystal-clear quality of Plasma TVs makes it popular with consumers even when the price was really quite ludicrous. But now,...

Zimbabwe and Biotechnology - James Wachai
Two years ago, drought and famine ravaged Zimbabwe. Many Zimbabweans cheated death by a whisker as their leaders haggled over whether to accept food aid, especially maize (corn) from the World Food Programme (WFP). The borne of contention...