LI-COR history

The first of these—the LI-3000 Portable Area Meter—was released in 1974.

Used in the first LI-3100 Area Meter in 1976, this system is still largely unchanged in the current LI-3100C.

After earlier developments with argon lasers, LI-COR created the Model 4000 Automated DNA Sequencer with near-infrared (NIR) laser technology, whose launch in 1992 immediately garnered international attention.

The innovative LI-7500 Open Path CO2/H2O Analyzer, introduced in 1999, was followed by the high precision LI-7000 Enclosed CO2/H2O Analyzer a year later.

The LAI-2000 computed leaf area index (LAI) and other canopy structure attributes from radiation measurements made with a "fish-eye" optical sensor.

As the biotechnology line grew, LI-COR began to develop imaging technology; in 2001 the Odyssey Classic Infrared Imaging System was released.

The Model 4300 DNA Analysis System was introduced in 2003.

The Pearl® Small Animal Imager was released in 2008 and was an imperative tool for near-infrared (NIR) in vivo imaging.

In 2009, LI-COR introduced the LI-7700 Open Path CH4 Analyzer, the world's first open path methane analyzer for eddy covariance studies.

The LI-7500A, an updated version of the LI-7500, was launched in 2010.

LI-COR debuted its latest innovation, the C-DiGit® Blot Scanner, in 2013.

The Pearl Trilogy was updated and reintroduced in 2015; it added a third detection channel for those researchers interested in bioluminescence detection.

In 2016, the innovative LI-6800 Portable Photosynthesis System was introduced.

To complement the LI-6800 and build upon the current plant physiology product line, LI-COR released the LI-600 Porometer/Fluorometer in 2020.