Wilmington – October 29, 2026 -- LabWare and Phizzle have made LabWare Loop available by request to LabWare customers, with commercial availability planned for early 2027. The vendor-agnostic tool moves results from legacy and modern instruments directly into LabWare sample result records, replacing manual data handling with a verified chain of custody.
The workflow follows each GxP sample from sampling plan to result in a single auditable digital process. It supports 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and ALCOA+ data integrity principles.
Loop replaces paper printouts, manual entry and USB transfers
Regulated labs must prove that the right instrument produced each result, that the data arrived intact and that it populated the correct sample tables. According to the companies, that proof currently depends on manual steps such as paper printouts, manual entry and USB transfers, or on custom per-device integrations. The manual route creates data integrity gaps. The custom route adds IT overhead and more network endpoints to patch.
Edge Puck captures instrument files over USB, serial or Ethernet
An operator runs tests from the LabWare worklist. The Phizzle Edge Puck captures the instrument's data file and its generated metadata. Phizzle Connected Plant then routes the file to LabWare with verifiable lineage and chain of custody, and the results populate the sample records automatically.
Because the Edge Puck connects via USB, serial or Ethernet, the system works without firmware changes or requalification of instruments.
Air-gapped instruments add no network endpoints to patch
For IT teams, every instrument is onboarded through the same process regardless of type, make or model. Air-gapped instruments add no network endpoints to patch, and the integration needs maintenance only when the network, data path or instrument changes.
QA and compliance teams receive a chain of custody verified at every step and an automatically created audit trail. The companies say removing manual transcription also eliminates transcription errors and the investigations that follow. Lab technicians shift to review-by-exception.
Kyle Kershner, Co-CEO at LabWare, said the product extends LabWare's instrument reach to any device without custom integration work. Ben Davis, CEO of Phizzle, said regulated manufacturers and laboratories can digitize the full sampling lifecycle without exposing benchtop instruments to network threats.
LabWare says its platform serves more than 30,000 laboratories and 2,500 companies in 125 countries. Development of LabWare Loop continues ahead of the 2027 commercial release.