History

Sentinel Diagnostics was founded in Milan in 1983 and right from the outset it has continued to invest its energy,
and use the experience gained, in the development and production of diagnostic kits for Clinical Chemistry
and Immunology.

Today the Sentinel® brand is well known and appreciated on a worldwide scale, thanks to the increasingly fruitful partnerships with prestigious companies (Abbott, Beckman-Coulter, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Siemens, etc.) in the diagnostics sector that have chosen Sentinel Diagnostics as the ideal partner for the realization of diagnostics kits dedicated for use on their automated analyzers.

Sentinel Diagnostics, based on over twenty years’ experience gained in clinical analysis laboratories  - Laboratory – is now also active in Point of Care Testing – PoCT – and in food analysis – Food Analysis -

Listed below are some of the most significant products developed by Sentinel

1984 - Iron (Direct method - Chromogen FERENE S)
1988 - Total & Direct Bilirubin (Colorimetric Method - Bilirubin Oxidase)
1989 - Inorganic Phosphorus (Enzymatic Colorimetric Method)
1990 - Copper (Direct method - Chromogen DiBr-PAESA)
1992 - Zinc (Direct method - Chromogen 5Br-PAPS)
1995 - Magnesium (Enzymatic UV method)
1996 - Lipase (Direct method - Substrate Methylresorufin - derivative) - 1996 - 510(k) FDA: K961179
1998 - Cholinesterase (Optimized DGKC method) - 1998 - 510(k) FDA: K981800
2001 - Lithium (Direct Colorimetric Method with porphyrin complex)
2002 - CRP Ultra (High sensitive latex Turbidimetric method)
2003 - ALT (IFCC Optimized Enzymatic Colorimetric method on microplate)
2004 - Ammonia (Direct Enzymatic Method)
2004 - FOB Gold - First  quantitative Immunological test for the determination of human hemoglobin in feces
            in complete automation using a patented collection system, which can be adapted for use on most automated
            analyzers
2005 - HbA1c (One-step Latex Direct Method)
2006 - Creatinine Enzymatic (Enzymatic Colorimetric Method – sarcosine oxidase )
2007 - CRP Vario (High sensitive latex Turbidimetric method with wide measuring range)
2008 - CK-MB (IFCC Optimized Immunological Kinetic Method)
2008 - Homocysteine (Enzymatic Colorimetric Method -  bi-reagent)
2009 - Cystatin C (Latex Immunoturbidimetric method)
2010 - FOB Gold™ Tube NG (New Generation fecal collection device to be used as a primary tube on automated
            analyzers)