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PowerLab/MacLab的构想最初来源于新西兰的Otago大学生理学系。他们对当时使用的老式纸
带记录仪(多导生理记录仪)的性能不是十分满意。鉴于当时Macintosh计算机的发展潜力，他们要求
Michael Macknight 先生(ADInstruments的创始人之一)帮助设计一种计算机化的多导生理记录仪
以代替老式的纸带记录仪(多导生理记录仪)。
Michael于1985年制造了第一台MacLab，一台连接Macintosh计算机的多导生理记录仪。不久，
他又设计了两个主要软件Chart(记录仪软件)和Scope(示波器软件)，这两个软件用于控制多导生理记
录仪，并包含一定的显示和分析功能。这就是PowerLab的前身。
一开始，Michael仅仅在新西兰制造和销售MacLab。直到80年代末，他遇到了澳大利亚人Boris
Schlensky先生，两人一拍即合，开始一起改良MacLab并拓展全球的市场。从此，PowerLab
/MacLab渐渐成为了全球首屈一指的多导生理数据记录和分析系统。
90年代初，随着中国经济的崛起，中国的科学家开始寻找更优秀的多导生理记录仪。就在这个时
期，PowerLab被部分科学家带进了中国。由于PowerLab系统使用简便、功能强大，很快受到了广
大中国研究工作者的喜爱，渐渐成为了主流的多导生理记录仪。为了更好的服务中国的科学家们，
ADInstruments于1997年在上海成立了办事处，2000年成立了中国公司。如今，数百台
PowerLab多导生理记录仪被广泛应用于生命科学的各个领域。为了更好的为广大用户服务，我们也
将会不断的完善我们的软硬件和服务，为大家提供更新、更好的功能！
目前公司提供：
1， 血流动力学系统
2， 离体组织灌流系统
3， 离体器官(Langendorff和工作心脏)灌流系统
4， 微血管张力测定系统(Myograph)
5， 微循环血流测定系统(激光多普勒)
6， 新陈代谢系统(运动生理学、心肺功能测定)
7， 电生理系统(细胞内、细胞外、电压钳)
8， 血流量测定系统(超声多普勒)
9， 植入式生物电 、神经信号遥测系统
同时我们的专业人员也可以根据用户的需要做出个性化配置，以满足不同用户的特殊需求。 
 A world leader in data acquisition solutions for life scientists and educators
Established in 1988, ADInstruments is a world-leading provider of computer-based data acquisition and analysis systems for Life Science. Our products enable users to record and analyze life science data quickly and efficiently, whether it is to further their academic or private industry research, or to advance understanding of scientific concepts in biomedical classrooms.

ADInstruments’ product range is based on the world-renowned PowerLab data acquisition system with LabChart software. PowerLab holds a leadership position in its market sector, which is achieved by our continual pursuit of excellence in both product quality and support. The PowerLab system (also MacLab) is used in universities, hospitals, research institutes, pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and other private industry research sectors.

In research, the system has helped to broaden research possibilities and enabled faster and easier data analysis. In education, its functionality and cost effectiveness have helped to revolutionize the methods of recording data and teaching science at the tertiary level.

The most obvious demonstration of proven acceptance of the PowerLab system is ADInstruments’ extensive client list which includes Roche Bioscience, Toyota, Shiseido, Mayo Clinic, Human Genome Project, Pfizer and Lockheed Martin. Education sites include prestigious Universities such as: Oxford, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Harvard, Stanford, Tokyo and Sydney.

Today there’s an installed PowerLab user base of more than 23,000 systems, which is supported by a network of eleven ADInstruments offices and over forty distributors around the world.