Arryx started out from technology invented by Professor David Grier and Eric Dufresne, his student, at the University of Chicago. They were also the ones responsible for the BioRyx 200 which was released in 2002. In 2004, an infrared version of the award-winning optical trapping system was released in 2004 to allow broader applications. It was in 2006 when Arryx was acquired by Haemonetics. It was in 2013 when the company ceased operations.