Connecting a Snibe MAGLUMI 4000 Plus to your EHR or LIS

Quick answer

Yes. Snibe lists a bidirectional LIS connection by TCP/IP and COM for the MAGLUMI 4000 Plus, and says sample information is read automatically over that connection. Catenix carries the results to your EHR or LIS, and how orders reach the analyser is confirmed on your unit during setup. Snibe's published material for this model does not spell out the message format, so it is confirmed on your unit during setup.

The 4000 Plus is the quick one in the MAGLUMI M series: up to 280 tests an hour against 180 for its siblings, with a first result in 16 minutes. Snibe describes it as an analyser for labs and hospitals with high throughput.

Capacity matches the pace. There are 144 sample positions with a barcode reader, extendable to 280, and 25 cooled reagent positions that can be reloaded while the analyser runs. It washes with four sets of needles where the other M models use three, and it measures 138 x 89 x 160 cm before the monitor table is added.

An analyser designed to grow

Snibe builds the 4000 Plus as a module. It can be joined to further Snibe immunoassay, biochemistry and ISE modules, linked to a laboratory automation system, and Snibe lists it as connectable to an Inpeco track. An automated loader feeds reaction modules continuously, so the cuvette supply does not stop a long run.

For the host link, growth means volume. At 280 tests an hour the flow of results is steady, and the Catenix gateway keeps them on site during an internet outage and forwards them once the line returns. It also reconnects without help after a network drop.

Network card or COM port

Snibe gives two physical routes: the PC's network card or a COM port. A network connection reaches the gateway directly across the lab LAN, while a COM connection is bridged through a serial device server. Which one is live, and the format it carries, is checked on your analyser before go-live.

Snibe also describes samples being run from the LIS side, with the analyser reading sample information automatically. In practice the tube barcode is the key: Catenix matches returning results by sample ID and parks any result that has no order for review. Whether the analyser asks the host for its orders is checked on your unit during setup. Assay codes are mapped to EHR codes during setup.

Quality control at high volume

The operating software includes Westgard rules and Levey-Jennings charts for internal and external quality control, along with status monitoring for each test, reagent and consumable. Where control results are sent to the host, Catenix files them as QC, grades them with Westgard rules, charts them, and holds patient results for a test when its control fails. Each message is kept with the result it produced.

Snibe and MAGLUMI 4000 Plus are trademarks of their owners. Catenix is an independent connectivity provider, not affiliated with or endorsed by Snibe.

Questions people ask

How fast is the MAGLUMI 4000 Plus compared with the 2000 Plus?

Snibe rates the 4000 Plus at up to 280 tests an hour and the 2000 Plus at up to 180. Both hold 144 samples and 25 reagents as standard.

Is the MAGLUMI 4000 Plus link one-way or two-way?

Two-way. Snibe describes a bidirectional LIS connection by TCP/IP and COM, with sample information read from the LIS.

Which protocol does the MAGLUMI 4000 Plus use?

Snibe's material for this model names the transports but not the message format, so we confirm it on your analyser during setup.

Related: Snibe MAGLUMI X8 connection · Snibe MAGLUMI 2000 Plus connection · Levey-Jennings and Westgard rules · Device library

Product and company names are trademarks of their owners and are used for identification only. Catenix moves, stores and displays results with traceability; it does not interpret results or give clinical advice. Reviewed November 2026.

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