89 results about "Specimen Handling" patented technology

A specimen processing system comprising: a specimen measuring section for measuring specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a transport section for transporting specimen containers to the specimen measuring section; a specimen container collect section for collecting specimen containers; an obtainer for obtaining shape information on specimen containers or state information on specimens accommodated in specimen containers; a supply judger configured for determining whether specimen containers are to be supplied to the specimen measuring section on the basis of the result obtained by the obtainer; and a delivery section for delivering specimen containers, which are determined to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the transport section, and delivering specimen containers, which are determined not to be supplied to the specimen measuring section by the supply judger, toward the specimen container collect section, is disclosed. A specimen container classifying apparatus is also disclosed.

An automated laboratory slide management and interpretation system and method in which slides are stained and then digitally imaged and the images are interpreted prior to referral to a diagnostician or placement in storage. The interpretation of the images involves the application of pattern recognition principles to compare the digitized images to known sample patterns from a variety of sources. Additionally, based on the results of the interpretation, the slide may undergo additional testing or staining, and additional samples may be prepared and tested. The specimens may be delivered to the diagnostician along with a tentative diagnosis.

An apparatus for performing a medical procedure comprises an elongated flexible member having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough and an actuator positioned within the aperture. There is a biopsy means connected to the distal end of the actuator for cutting and collecting biopsy specimens and a removable distal storage and collection chamber connected to the elongated flexible member for receiving biopsy specimens cut and collected by the biopsy means. The removable storage and collection chamber is a means for immediate contact of the collected biopsy specimens with fixatives or reagents. The distal cassette is separable from the flexible member and can be sealed by a cap positionable over the storage and collection cassette for storage, in situ fixation and processing or later processing and analysis of biopsy specimens collected by the biopsy means in the order of collection.

The invention discloses an apparatus and method for treating a biological slide sample. The apparatus mainly comprises a detection assembly, a base, arm Z, arm Y and arm X and a sampling probe. It is possible to automatically, regularly and quantitatively add a sample according to detection process requirements and detection steps, automatically control heating and automatically control liquid perfusion and liquid drainage, so that a detection process is fully automated. When the slide sample requires thermal treatment, it is possible to perfuse a solution into a mounting cell and heat. In the thermal treatment process, the solution in a gap will be sucked in from a bottom gap of a slide assembly under capillary action for the purpose of automatic supply even when it volatilizes, thermal treatment is full and uniform, drying never occurs, the problem that traditional drying by heating easily causes volatilization and slide drying is solved, and the reliability and repeatability of a heating process are guaranteed. The reliability, repeatability and efficiency of the treatment of the biological slide sample can be improved, and a whole-course automatic process can be achieved.

Methods for the non-invasive collection of a liquid sample in small quantities, such as urine for testing hydration in infants and incontinent adults, directly at the source of that sample, isolation of the collected sample from a testing site, the transportation of that sample to a site for testing contained within the device itself, and the selective application of some or all of the specimen to a testing apparatus contained within the device itself, with a minimum of specimen handling required. Other aspects include a method and device for facilitating the reading of the result of the specimen test by a skilled or unskilled user, including means for determining that no adequate sample has been delivered to the testing site.

The invention relates to the technical field of a clinical laboratory information system, and specifically relates to a laboratory information system. The laboratory information system comprises software login and preprocessing, wherein the software login is connected with a main interface; the main interface includes a login instrument, newly increasing, modifying and deleting of a specimen, adding, deleting and modifying of a specimen examination item, modifying of an examination item result value, query of a report, comparison of historical data, checking of an audited specimen, comments of a specimen, deleting and reverse auditing, auditing and printing of a report, making up printing of a report, converting of users, and matters needing attention; and the preprocessing includes printing of bar codes, processing of a specimen, logging of a specimen, single editing, batch editing, batch importing, a sample logging list, a sample undertaking and forwarding tracking, setting of hospital department doctors, and setting of logistics. The laboratory information system has the advantages that by means of deepening and improvement of the LIS system function, practicality and reliability of an LIS system can be improved; the work efficiency and accuracy of the laboratory information system can be improved; and the laboratory information system is suitable for promotion and usage.

A reagent preparing device capable of supplying a predetermined reagent, which includes a first liquid and a second liquid different from the first liquid, to a measurement section for measuring a specimen using the reagent, comprising: a reagent preparing section for preparing the predetermined reagent; a characteristic measurement device for measuring characteristic of the reagent prepared by the reagent preparing section; and a controller configured for performing operations comprising, controlling the supply of reagent prepared by the reagent preparing section to the measurement section according to the measurement result by the characteristic measurement device, and calibrating the characteristic measurement device based on a known characteristic value of a standard liquid having the known characteristic value and a measurement result obtained by measuring the characteristic of the standard liquid by the characteristic measurement device, is disclosed. A specimen processing system is also disclosed.

The invention provides an automatically-operating stool examination instrument, which belongs to the technical field of clinical examination of medical health. The automatically-operating stool examination instrument mainly aims to overcome the problem of sensory discomfort of operating personnel caused by manually-operated stool examination in the prior art. The instrument has the following main characteristics: the instrument comprises a biological microscope, a specimen introduction device, a specific examination bidirectional slideway, a specific examination device, a glass slide device, a five-channel sampling needle and a Y-direction and Z-direction manipulator which are fixedly arranged on a base plate framework; the instrument can realize automatic sampling, slide production, automatic cleaning, automatic interpretation of specific examination results and automatic recovery of specific examination consumables; and a microscope carries out automatic scanning, automatic focusing and automatic locking of images, selectively takes textual and graphic files and prints textual and graphic examination reports. The automatically-operating stool examination instrument provided by the invention has the following characteristics: the instrument can prevent the operation personnel from direct and close contact with stool specimens, effectively prevents infection of examination personnel and occurrence of iatrogenic pollution, improves the quality of a stool smear and shortens specimen processing time. The automatically-operating stool examination instrument is mainly applied to automatic examination of conventional stool examination and colloidal-gold-process stool examination.

The current disclosure is directed to the field of pathology, and the automated handling of biological specimens from containers containing clear solutions wherein the biological specimens reside. A computer-implemented method is disclosed for extracting specimens from such containers via an extraction device attached to a robotic arm. The robotic arm is controlled by a robotic system controller. The three-dimensional location of all specimens are estimated using image analysis techniques using images obtained from a plurality of imaging systems. Image analysis is used to simultaneously guide the extraction device and track the location of specimens inside the container.

The invention discloses a pathological specimen processing method and belongs to the field of specimen processing technology. According to the processing method, sampled pathological tissues successively undergo fixation, dehydration, transparency, wax impregnation, embedding, slicing, staining and mounting so as to obtain a pathological specimen. The fixation is to fix the pathological tissues by the use of a fixative for 4-15 h. The fixative is composed of atractylol, ethoxylated acetylenediol, chlorogenic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone, sodium chloride, ethyl acetate and pure water. The mounting is to carry out mounting on the stained pathological tissues by the use of a mixture of polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone and xylene. According to the invention, toxicity of reagents used in the invention is obviously reduced, the fixation effect is good, degradation and transparency degree are easy to control. Then, the tissues are not easy to deform, embrittle or harden, and mounting is complete and staining is remarkable.

The invention relates to equipment for making biological tissue specimen paraffin sections, in particular to a rapid pathological tissue dehydrating machine. The rapid pathological tissue dehydrating machine comprises a machine box body and an intelligent operating table. A specimen treating box, a paraffin box, a vacuum pump, a plurality of reagent barrels and an ultrasonic generator are arranged in the machine box body, a microwave cavity is formed in the specimen treating box, a microwave source is connected to the microwave cavity, and the specimen treating box is connected with the paraffin box, the reagent barrels and the vacuum pump through pipeline assemblies. The rapid pathological tissue dehydrating machine integrates microwave treatment, ultrasonic treatment and vacuum treatment and cooperates with special reagents, traditional tissue treating time can be shortened to 20 min-3 h from 16 h-22 h, the procedures of immobilizing, dehydrating, transparentizing, wax impregnating, section making and diagnosing can be completed within 2 h after a small specimen is delivered, pathological diagnosis can be made within 32 h after a radical cure specimen is delivered, time of waiting for disease diagnosis is shortened for patients, anxiety is relieved, and especially time is saved for patients needing to receive special treatment such as surgery or targeted therapy; the length of stay is reduced for patients, and hospitalization expenses are reduced; meanwhile, the economic benefits of hospitals are increased.

A specimen processing apparatus comprising: a specimen processing section which includes a movable section and processes a specimen by moving the movable section; and a controller for determining whether the movable section was moved while a specimen processing operation by the specimen processing section was stopped, and controlling the specimen processing section to perform a preparing operation for starting the specimen processing operation based on the determination result, is disclosed. A control method for a specimen processing apparatus is also disclosed.

The invention relates to a rapid drug sensitive detection reagent kit for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a detection method thereof. The rapid drug sensitive detection reagent kit for Mycobacterium tuberculosis contains specimen treatment reagents, purification reagents, drug sensitive culture reagents and cell activity detection reagents; wherein, the cell activity detection reagents are alamar blue indicators. With the reagent kit and a result analysis method of the invention, the positive rate is greatly improved in comparison with the traditional method, the time of obtaining results is greatly advanced, and the whole test can obtain the results within three days.