Test. Trust. Act.
Designed for speed​, Engineered for precision​, So you can act with confidence.​

Test. Trust. Act.
Designed for speed​, Engineered for precision​, So you can act with confidence.​

Greater speed and accuracy for your patients, and your lab.

Use LifeScale When Speed Matters

LifeScale provides rapid results when speed matters most to your patients Gram-negative bacteria in positive blood culture. Its unique population-profiling technology gives results in 4 ½ hours, with the accuracy you demand on the most dangerous resistant strains.

LifeScale’s ease-of-use and reliability are proven in the field, with fast sample preparation, and automated inoculation, incubation, read, and report. 

From Detection to Intervention – In Just 4½ Hours

LifeScale AST – Better Decisions

AST and BCID results available during the Day Shift

< 10 minutes added hands-on time

3 samples x (8 min. (LifeScale) - 5 min. (WalkAway))

LifeScale won’t disrupt your lab’s optimized workflow: use it with your rapid blood culture identification system, and continue to run most ASTs on your trusted standard of care.

Familiar Workflow

  • Workflow that is familiar to every laboratory technician
  • Minimal training required
  • Fully guided sample preparation
  • Less than 5 minutes of touch time

LSGN Gram-negative kit

  • Contains all consumables for a single assay
  • Stored at room temperature
  • Minimal waste

Automatic Panel Inoculation

  • The 96 well plate is inoculated automatically. 
  • No calculations
  • No errors
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Manage Up To 5 Samples

  • 5 Samples can be run simultaneously
  • On-board incubation for the first plate
  • Offline incubation for additional plates

Fastest Time to Results

GenusSpeciesTime to Result H:MM
Escherichiacoli4:48
Klebsiellaspecies4:57
Pseudomonasaeruginosa5:11
Acinetobacterspecies4:50
Average4:54
Average (removing workflow delays)4:32

As Accurate as Your Standard of Care

SOCSitesSamplesOrganism/Antibiotics% ResistantEssential AgreementCategorical AgreementVery Major Errors Major Errors
Standard of CareLifeScale AST systemStandard of CareLifeScale AST system
All6651671522%95.4%94.8%38/425 8.9%22/423 5.2%40/856 4.7%27/864 3.1%
Walkaway3348349120%97.1%94.7%14/207 6.8%7/205 3.4%24/464 5.2%16/464 3.5%
Phoenix2206230615%96.1%94.9%9/119 7.6%10/119 8.4%14/325 4.3%9/327 2.8%
Vitek19791843%93.8%94.8%15/99 15.2%5/99 5.1%2/67 3.0%2/73 2.7%

News and Events for Affinity Biosensors

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to LifeScale Yeast Kit

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ASM Microbe 2025

Come see us during the ASM 2025 Meeting June 20-22, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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SCASM 2025

Come see us during the ASM 2025 Meeting October 4-5, 2025 in La Jolla, CA at the Hyatt Recency, La Jolla.

Put LifeScale to the test in your lab today.

LifeScale’s performance, reliability, and ease of use have been proven in the field. Results at a 600-bed hospital matched the accuracy of a respected standard of care and were available in only 4 ½ hours.