摘要:
Accuracy control of an automatic analysis device that mixes a sample and a reagent to measure temporal change of a mixed solution is realized. A plurality of measurement point data is acquired from a reaction process of the sample and the reagent. Parameters and test values of approximate equations for approximating the plurality of measurement point data are accumulated in a storage unit. A distribution map of reference data corresponding to the parameters or the test values is created based on predetermined numbers of the parameters or the test values accumulated in the storage unit. Next, a plurality of screens for individually superimposing, on the distribution map, curved lines corresponding to a plurality of regression function candidates obtained by applying a plurality of regression functions are arranged and presented on a display screen, so as to approximate the data to the distribution map of the reference data.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to obtain desired quantitative determination results for measurements having a broad dynamic range and for measurements with high sensitivity without altering a device configuration or a reagent. In view of this, the present invention provides an automatic analysis device which measures time sequential data on a scattered light amount as reaction process data, and quantitatively determines the concentration of an analyte from a change in light amount. The automatic analysis device has a function of selecting reaction process data to be used for quantitative determination from the reaction process data obtained by measurement using a plurality of light receivers at different angles. As a result of using this function, data is selected from the reaction process data obtained by measurement using the plurality of light receivers at different angles in accordance with the concentration of the analyte and whether the priority is given to high sensitivity in the case where sensitivity is prioritized or a dynamic range, and the result of the quantitative determination is displayed.
摘要:
An automatic analyzer which performs a suction operation a plurality of times on a same sample has a sample dispensing unit 9, a liquid level sensor which detects the liquid level of the sample in a sample vessel 8, an arithmetic unit 5 which computes a liquid level height h1 at the end of a first suction operation of the two consecutive suction operations from a liquid level height h0 and a sample suction volume V1 detected at the start of the first suction operation, a storage unit 7 which stores the liquid level height h1 computed by the arithmetic unit 5, and a determination unit 18 which compares a liquid level height h2 detected at the start of a second suction operation following the first suction operation with the liquid level height h1 at the end of the first suction operation. The automatic analyzer further determines the presence or absence of a failure in the first or second suction operation according to whether the difference between both liquid level heights h1 and h2 exceeds a threshold value d set in advance. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the suction operation of the sample dispensing unit has been performed properly.
摘要:
The present invention provides a device and conditions suitable for a reagent for performing latex immunoassay with a high sensitivity using a method of measuring scattered light on an automated analyzer. In an aspect of the invention, irradiation light having a wavelength in the range of 0.65 to 0.75 µm is used, and scattered light generated from a reaction solution is received at a light-receiving angle of 15° to 35° with respect to the irradiation direction of the irradiation light during the rotational movement of the reaction container 8. The reagent contains latex particles the average peak particle diameter of which ranges from 0.3 µm to 0.43 µm and to which antibodies are sensitized. The reaction solution contains latex particles at a concentration at which the absorbance to irradiation light having a wavelength of 0.7 µm is 0.25 abs to 1.10 abs, and a change in the amount of scattered light caused by the aggregation of the latex particles through antigens in a sample is measured and quantified.
摘要:
There is provided a technique for automatically determining or predicting a line range specific to a sample that appears in a reaction curve in an automated analyzer for mixing a specimen and a reagent and measuring a change in a mixture of the specimen and the reagent with time. This invention approximates reaction curve data by a function and automatically determines a curve part at an early stage or a second stage of a reaction. The invention determines a line range not including a curve part for each sample and calculates a laboratory test value using absorbance data within the determined line range. This invention also automatically determines a start time of line at the early stage of the reaction on the basis of absorbance data obtained up to a point halfway through the reaction curve, predicts a line range on the basis of the end time of line and a planned end time of line, and calculates a predictive value on the basis of a result of the prediction.
摘要:
Electrolyte analyzers are used in a variety of ways, and problems vary from reagent deterioration due to reagent replenishment, mixing of foreign substances during reagent replenishment, electrode deterioration due to the passage of the validity date, to the operator's inputting errors. It is thus necessary to judge abnormalities of measured values resulting from such inappropriate usage, based on the fluctuation patterns of the results of daily electrolyte calibration. The invention provides a comprehensive method of precision control. The method includes the steps of: extracting the fluctuation patterns of each measured item from the results of daily electrolyte calibration; calculating the electromotive force balance ratio between the internal standard solution and high/low-concentration standard solutions as well as its fluctuation pattern; comparing all the obtained fluctuation patterns against atypical fluctuation patterns stored on the electrolyte analyzer; examining the deterioration of the electrodes and electrolyte reagents and errors in inputting the concentrations of the standard solutions; and activating an alarm.