摘要:
A collection device that captures liquid sample that may spill or leak during the process of loading or unloading liquid sample while a centrifuge rotor is spinning. Such capture prevents the leaked liquid sample from coming into contact with sensitive components inside the centrifuge chamber, thereby protecting the centrifuge from damage.
摘要:
A collection device that captures liquid sample that may spill or leak during the process of loading or unloading liquid sample while a centrifuge rotor is spinning. Such capture prevents the leaked liquid sample from coming into contact with sensitive components inside the centrifuge chamber, thereby protecting the centrifuge from damage.
摘要:
An automated method and apparatus for separating and harvesting cells of interest, e.g., mononuclear cells, in a whole blood sample. The method of the invention uses the aspirating/dispensing probe of an automated sample preparation instrument to underlay a density gradient medium beneath a whole blood sample in a centrifugation tube, and the same probe is used to harvest cells of interest from a cell layer formed in the tube as a result of a centrifugation step. In harvesting cells, the probe is advanced inside the tube by a fixed, predetermined distance at which the probe tip (i.e., its aspiration port) is known to be located at, or within a predetermined distance below, the bottom of the cell layer. A predetermined volume of liquid is then aspirated through the probe tip, whereby most cells of interest (and more than 90% of those cells that can be harvested by a flawless manual method) are removed from the cell layer and collected for analysis. Preferably, the probe is caused to move laterally with respect to the tube during the aspiration of the cell layer, whereby cells offset from the center of the container are readily harvested.
摘要:
Apparatus (20) for aspirating and dispensing liquid samples in an analytical instrument, e g, a hematology instrument, includes a liquid-sampling valve (LSV) that, while operating to segment and position for dispensing one or more precise volumes of a liquid sample that has been aspirated into the valve by a pump (30), simultaneously enables the apparatus to be operated in an aspirate/dispense (suck-and-spit) mode in which a liquid sample can be selectively driven through the valve in opposite directions by a pump, e g, a syringe pump.
摘要:
Apparatus for aspirating liquid from a container (C), e.g., a test tube, having a puncturable stopper (S) includes a pair of stepper motors (M2, M3) that share a common linear actuate or drive member (30). One motor operates to axially advance the linear drive member (preferably a lead screw) to a position in which it serves to position a rigidly connected tube-detector/stripper member (36) in engagement with the top of a stopper on a tube. Thereafter, the second motor operates to move along the surface of the same drive member to advance an aspiration probe through the engaged stopper and into a liquid aspirating position within the tube. Preferably, a linear guide rail (32), slidably-mounted on frame (12) that supports the liquid-aspirating apparatus, serves to guide both the movement of the aspiration probe and the linear drive member. As a result of the shared components, the apparatus is highly precise and reliable.
摘要:
The efficient and accurate auto-validation of results from medical diagnostic tests ordered on a biological sample are provided. Test results are received once an instrument completes that test. Upon receiving a test result, a computer system analyzes the received test results to determine if that test is initially valid. Once a test is known to be initially invalid, the computer system contains validation rules that know if the final validity of a first test is dependent on the results of a different test. Accordingly, the initial validation of only some of the tests may need to be performed for the validation rules to confidently validate the first test. Thus, the first test can advantageously be released for diagnosis of the patient before all of the ordered tests are completed.
摘要:
An adaptable relational database system comprises a database schema having relational integrity, wherein the database schema includes a plurality of entities associated with a plurality of attributes. The plurality of attributes in the database may be varied such that the database includes a first set of attributes associated with a first time and a second set of attributes associated with a second time. The second set of attributes includes at least one attribute that is not included in the first set of attributes. The relational integrity of the database is maintained as the plurality of attributes in the database is varied. In one embodiment, the relational database is displayed in rectangular/table format, including a display of the first set of attributes, the second set of attributes and data associated with the first set of attributes and the second set of attributes.
摘要:
Systems and methods consistent with embodiments of the present invention provide a method for the measurement and analysis of particle counts in flow cytometry and hematology instruments. In some methods for the measurement and analysis of particle counts, a corrected histogram of particle distributions is calculated and used to obtain an accurate count of particles and an accurate measurement of other particle parameters.
摘要:
A method of measuring cellular hemoglobin of a blood sample includes mixing a blood sample with a permeation reagent, and incubating the sample mixture to permeate cellular membrane of red blood cells and to cause hemoglobin aggregation within the cells; adding a neutralization reagent to inhibit further reactions of the permeation reagent; performing a cell-by-cell measurement of side scatter signals of the red blood cells in the sample mixture on a flow cytometer; and obtaining cellular hemoglobin (Hgb cell ) of each red blood cell using the obtained side scatter signals. The method further includes measuring cellular hemoglobin of reticulocytes (Hgb retic ) by differentiating reticulocytes using a simultaneous fluorescence measurement. The method also includes measuring cellular percentage of a hemoglobin variant in mature red blood cells or reticulocytes by adding a fluorescent antibody in the neutralization reagent and detecting fluorescence signals of antibody bound hemoglobin variant.
摘要:
In accordance with the principles of the invention, methods, systems, and computer- readable mediums are provided for processing image data representing cellular analysis result data including accessing image data; generating an intensity histogram based on the image data; transforming the intensity histogram into a stepped image; performing normalized cross-correlation between the stepped image and a reference image to measure similarity; and determining an abnormality based on the measured similarity.