Capture Biomarkers Vital to the Study and Diagnosis of Acute Airway Disease with the RTube™

Only the RTube captures the vital biomarker data you need by being available for the subject to use during symptomatic episodes, any time, any place. Monitoring acute airway disease with the RTube allows the capture of biomarkers during exacerbations when the data are most relevant. Our new Single-Subject Longitudinal Airway pH Monitoring Kit provides researchers with the ability to monitor a subject's airway pH and other biomarkers immediately upon onset of symptoms, regardless of where or when they occur, and allows you to follow the subject longitudinally over a course of eight symptomatic events. Airway pH homeostasis is poor in respiratory disease, and this is identified most readily by sequential sample collections. Collecting multiple samples over a set period of time, and immediately after symptoms, maximizes the value of your biomarker data by allowing direct association with specific transient symptoms.

Collecting EBC is as easy as breathing through a nebulizer. The subject exhales normally into the RTube while the moisture from their breath is condensed in the collection chamber. After collection, the chamber is sealed, stored locally, or transported to a lab for analysis. At the lab our unique internal one-way valve is used as a syringe that gathers droplets adhering to the inside wall into a sample pool near the top of the RTube where it can easily be removed and analyzed.

Select the RTube Specialty Kit that is Right for You

We offer three Specialty Kits: the 25-Collection Starter Kit, the 100-Collection Starter Kit, and the Single-Subject Longitudinal Sampling Kit. Each kit is optimized for a specific need:

1. 25-Collection Starter Kit

   This is our lowest-cost general-purpose kit. Perfect for pilot studies and investigators new to EBC, this kit provides everything you need to collect and store 25 EBC samples.

2. 100-Collection Starter Kit

   This kit provides everything you need to start and complete a small to mid sized study. In addition to a larger number of collection devices, this kit provides an additional cooling sleeve to enable back to back or simultaneous sample collections. This kit is our most popular and is especially useful when performing a large number of consecutive collections in a school or workplace setting.

3. Single-Subject Longitudinal Airway pH Monitoring Kit

   Our newest offering is designed for the specific purpose of monitoring a subject's airway pH over a series of symptomatic episodes. The subject collects EBC samples in their own home with no supervision and documents their symptoms using simple check boxes printed on the label. Our new sample return packaging ensures trouble-free transport of the samples to our laboratory where the pH will be assayed after Argon deaeration. Results will be recorded alongside the documented symptoms present at the time of collection. This unique and useful information is tabulated in a confidential report and faxed directly to you.

For larger studies, we also offer bulk restocking supplies. See our purchase page for details.

RTube Specialty Kits
	25-Collection Starter Kit	100-Collection Starter Kit	Single-Subject Longitudinal Sampling Kit
	Item # 1025	Item # 1100	Item # 8001
EBC Sampling Device	25	100	8
Cooling Sleeve with Insulator	1	2	1
Plunger	1	1	N/A
Pre-Paid Laboratory Services: pH Assay	N/A	N/A	optional
Sample Transport Packaging with Pre-Paid Freight to Central Laboratory	N/A	N/A	optional
Faxed Assay Results Report	N/A	N/A	optional
Product Technical Information Sheet	1	1	N/A
Demonstration Video	1	1	N/A
Instructions for Unsupervised Subject	N/A	N/A	1
Comments	Lowest-cost evaluation kit. Perfect for pilot studies and investigators new to EBC.	Our most popular item, the 100 Collection Starter Kit includes everything you need to start and complete a small to mid sized study.	Longitudinal sampling by the unsupervised subject at home. Samples can be mailed directly to our laboratory via a pre-paid shipping container. The subject's information is kept confidential and the results of the pH assay are faxed directly to your office.