Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IH-Incubator L and IH-Centrifuge L instruments to be used with the full range of Bio-Rad’s IH-System Gel Reagents for manual blood typing methods. With the addition of the IH-Centrifuge L and IH-Incubator L to Bio-Rad’s portfolio of blood typing platforms, transfusion medicine laboratories of any size can standardize automated and manual typing with one method and supplier. The unique design of the two instruments maximizes efficiency and space in the laboratory by accommodating both conventional tube and gel blood typing.