Vendor:RURO Inc.

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RURO Inc.
Type Incorporated
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 321 Ballenger Center Dr.
Suite 102
Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website RURO.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1567555

RURO Inc. develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions.


History

In late August 2017, Ruro announced that its FreezerPro sample management solution was acquired by Brooks Automation, Inc., which also acquired distribution rights to Ruro's BiobankPro.[1] Ruro indicated on its website that its "customers will continue to receive RURO’s outstanding Support services through their existing Support Contracts. New FreezerPro customers will continue to find information about FreezerPro on RURO’s website until the transition" is complete, roughly to the end of 2017.[2]

In 2018, additional changes came to the Ruro website. The page for its ezColony laboratory data management software disappeared. The software is presumably discontinued. Additionally, the page to its Sciency electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) disappeared in mid-2018[3] and eventually began redirecting to Brooks Automation's page for BiobankPro. It is not clear if Brooks also purchased Sciency or if Ruro simply discontinued Sciency and began referring users to the Brooks-distributed BiobankPro, which includes a built-in ELN module. Sometime in 2018 or 2019, the company removed its LIMS 24-7 solution as well, and it's presumably discontinued.

Former technology

BiobankPro was "a biorepository management system that provides dynamic specimen tracking, freezer, study and workflow management in the cloud or on premises."[4] The company stated that whereas "LimitLIS is tailored towards CLIA commercial testing labs and focuses on testing of patient samples ... BiobankPro focuses on clinical trial sample management and next-gen biobanking."[4] A license to distribute and sell the software was acquired by Brooks Automation in 2017, though presumably RURO still develops it given the press release language.[1] However, RURO no longer lists BiobankPro on its website as of May 2019.

ezColony was a laboratory data management software designed for "automating the management of transgenic animal colonies for scientific and medical research as well as their facilities on nearly any scale."[5] The product was removed from the Ruro website sometime in 2018.

FreezerPro was software that "enables users to know precisely where a laboratory sample is located even before opening the freezer door."[2] The software was acquired by Brooks in August 2017.[1]

LIMS 24/7 was a laboratory information management system (LIMS) that assists in "lessening demands on staff, ensuring the accuracy of results or other entered content, and providing the 'big picture' to management in real-time."[6]

Sciency was an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that acted as a scalable, integrated research environment for managing and sharing data within a robust framework that protects valuable intellectual property, streamlines laboratory processes and supports 21 CFR Part 11 compliance."[3] The software came in a Standard and Enterprise edition. Enterprise edition-only features included data encryption, the ability to set up user groups, automated backups, and "gold support."[7]

Technology and products

LimitLIS and Limfinity Platform

LimitLIS is a web- and cloud-based laboratory information system (LIS) "that provides access to sample information from anywhere in the world."[8] The software is part of the Limfinity informatics platform and was released in June 2016.[9]

The Limfinity platform "provides the foundation for secure and compliant life science applications so you can get up and running within days, not months."[10] It includes modules for patient consent management (CS), machine learning (ML), next-generation sequencing (NGS), RFID, research study management (SM), and translational science (TSI).

Features

The following feature list(s) is/are derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides. A lack of a "Y" does not necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:
  • the vendor chose to not put relevant feature information online despite its existence in the product.
  • the vendor chooses to make the feature information available only to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
  • the feature information exists online to the public, but a URL could not be found to cite the existence of the feature.
  • the feature does not exist for the product.
A vendor's product may receive more confirmed features with the addition of more public information to the vendor's site and/or by providing a URL to a page or document that can act as a citation for the existence of the feature. Prospective buyers are highly recommended to contact the vendor directly to verify features as this list isn't authoritative, and product upgrades and changes happen rapidly in some cases.
Product: LimitLIS
Experiment, patient, and data management
Sample login and management?Y[8]
Sample tracking?Y[11]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?Y[11]
Option for manual result entry?Y[8]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Configurable templates and forms?Y[11]
Data and trend analysis?Y[11]
Data and equipment sharing?
Data mining?
Customizable fields and/or interface?Y[11]
Query capability?Y[11]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?
Project and/or task management?
Test, experiment, and/or trial management?
Inventory management?
Document and/or image management?Y[11]
Patient and case management?Y[11]
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer and physician management?
Billing and revenue management?Y[11]
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?Y[8]
QA / QC functions?Y[8]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?Y[11]
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?Y[8]
Data encryption?Y[12]
Version control?
Automatic data backup?Y[12]
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?Y[8]
Synoptic reporting?
Report printing?Y[11]
Label support?Y[8]
Barcode and/or RFID support?Y[11]
Export to PDF?Y[8]
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?Y[8]
Email integration?Y[8]
Base functionality
Administrator management?Y[8]
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?Y[8]
Mobile device integration?Y[8]
Third-party software integration?Y[11]
Alarms and/or alerts?Y[11]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?Y[8]
Messaging?Y[8]
Commenting?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?Y[8]
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?Y[8]
Usage-based cost?
Industries served
industry-neutral

Pricing

Demonstration videos and other media

The following demonstration videos are available for RURO products:

Additional information

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "RURO, Inc.’s FreezerPro Software Acquired by Brooks Automation, Inc.". PRWeb. Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC. 24 August 2017. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14630079.htm. Retrieved 30 August 2017. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FreezerPro". RURO Inc. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830200155/https://ruro.com/products/freezerpro. Retrieved 30 August 2017. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sciency ELN". Ruro Inc. Archived from the original on 09 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180309060258/https://sciency-eln.com/. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "BiobankPro". RURO, Inc. https://www.ruro.com/products/biobankpro. Retrieved 30 August 2017. 
  5. ↑ "ezColony" (PDF). RURO, Inc. Archived from the original on 05 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105204402/https://www.ruro.com/resources/ezColony.pdf. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
  6. ↑ "LIMS 24/7". RURO Inc. https://ruro.com/products/lims-247. Retrieved 30 August 2017. 
  7. ↑ "Sciency Electronic Laboratory Notebook" (PDF). Ruro Inc. Archived from the original on 05 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190105204831/https://www.ruro.com/resources/SciencyELN.pdf. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 "LimitLIS". RURO Inc. https://www.ruro.com/limitlis/overview. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
  9. ↑ "RURO Releases LimitLIS, A Contemporary Laboratory Information System". RURO Inc. 28 June 2016. https://www.ruro.com/news/6392. Retrieved 06 May 2019. 
  10. ↑ "Limfinity". RURO Inc. https://www.ruro.com/limfinity/overview. Retrieved 06 May 2019. 
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 "LimitLIS" (PDF). RURO Inc. https://ruro.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/LimitLIS_Brochure.pdf. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Features". Ruro, Inc. https://www.ruro.com/limitlis/features. Retrieved 05 January 2019. 
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