VACUUM-ASSISTED PLASMA SEPARATION
    53.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210231642A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17226464

    申请日:2021-04-09

    IPC分类号: G01N33/49

    摘要: A plasma separation system and process for providing filtered plasma from a blood sample is described. The system may include a blood separation well having a separation membrane for filtering the blood sample. The filtering process may be aided by the use of a negative or positive pressure source attached to the plasma separation system.

    N-ALKYLATION OF ACRIDANS
    54.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210230119A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US17250131

    申请日:2019-06-25

    发明人: Anand Natrajan

    IPC分类号: C07D219/06

    摘要: The present invention provides compounds used in the synthesis of chemiluminescent acridinium compounds and methods of producing these compounds. Specifically, methods are provided for the N-alkylation of acridan compounds using alkylating reagents. Typically, these alkylating reagents comprise a protected sulfonate group protected with an acid-labile protecting group.

    QUICK CONNECTION FOR LIQUID LEVEL SENSE-ENABLED METERING PROBE

    公开(公告)号:US20210223087A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US16095904

    申请日:2017-05-10

    IPC分类号: G01F23/26 G01N35/10

    摘要: Embodiments are directed to a simple, tool-less, and automated connection between a transfer probe and a capacitive liquid level detection printed circuit assembly (PCA) for use in a clinical analyzer in an in vitro diagnostics (IVD) environment in a hospital or laboratory setting. Advantageously, a single user connection is required: a fitting that is used to attach fluid tubing of the transfer arm to a probe, resulting in a mechanical, fluid, and electrical connection between the probe and the transfer arm. A PCA comprises a plurality of spring-loaded pins and capacitive liquid level detection circuity. A probe comprises a primary tube nested within a secondary tube, wherein the primary tube and the secondary tube comprise respective heads at respective top portions thereof forming a set of electrically isolated surfaces. The fitting secures the probe within a transfer arm and establishes the connection between the PCA and the probe.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FINE-GRAINED HIL INDEX DETERMINATION WITH ADVANCED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION AND ADVERSARIAL TRAINING

    公开(公告)号:US20210133971A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US17251744

    申请日:2019-06-10

    摘要: A method of characterizing a serum or plasma portion of a specimen in a specimen container provides a fine-grained HILN index (hemolysis, icterus, lipemia, normal) of the serum or plasma portion of the specimen, wherein the H, I, and L classes may each have five to seven sub-classes. The HILN index may also have one un-centrifuged class. Pixel data of an input image of the specimen container may be processed by a deep semantic segmentation network having, in some embodiments, more than 100 layers. A small front-end container segmentation network may be used to determine a container type and boundary, which may additionally be input to the deep semantic segmentation network. A discriminative network may be used to train the deep semantic segmentation network to generate a homogeneously structured output. Quality check modules and testing apparatus configured to carry out the method are also described, as are other aspects.