POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT WORKFLOW

• Main Authors: CAULEY, Thomas H., III, VALER SERRA, Marc
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.08.2024
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; SURGERY; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

Methods are provided for operating an instrument to test samples suspected of containing a target pathogen in a near patient point of care environment. One embodiment of the method includes adding an identifying mark to a point of care cartridge and inserting the cartridge into an instrument. Additionally, interaction with a graphical user interface on the instrument can initiate the test sequence or eject the cartridge.