OPACITY TESTING THROUGH MEASURED ILLUMINANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240353430A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18640521

    申请日:2024-04-19

    IPC分类号: G01N33/72 G01N21/78

    CPC分类号: G01N33/726 G01N21/78

    摘要: A storage and monitoring device for red blood samples in storage for donation (blood bank) and research. Stored blood can be susceptible to degradation, most often from a phenomenon known as ice nucleation. Accurate detection and identification of relevant factors causing ice nucleation can determine healthy samples of stored blood, and identify storage factors that promote storage longevity. A photodetection approach directs an illumination source and photometer on opposed sides of a blood containing vessel for measuring an illuminance affected by hemoglobin released from ruptured cells. Hemoglobin released from ruptured cells reduces light passage though the sample to indicate unusable samples. An accelerometer and temperature sensor measure the physical and temperate factors correlating with the detected cell degradation to determine storage criteria for extending blood longevity.

    APPLICATION OF NEONATAL BILIARY ATRESIA BIOMARKER AND DETECTION METHOD FOR SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240319210A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18267469

    申请日:2021-12-20

    摘要: Disclosed in the present invention is an application of conjugated bilirubin as a biomarker in preparation of a diagnosis device for evaluating a risk of neonatal biliary atresia. Also disclosed in the present invention are a bilirubin content measurement method, a stable quantitative detection reagent for bilirubin, and an application of the quantitative detection reagent for bilirubin in preparation of a kit for measuring a content of the bilirubin and evaluating a risk of biliary atresia of a subject, infant hepatitis syndrome, α1 antitrypsin deficiency disease or Alagille syndrome. Also disclosed in the present invention are a kit for measuring the content of the bilirubin or evaluating the risk of neonatal biliary atresia, an application of the kit, a method for evaluating the risk of neonatal biliary atresia, and a device for predicting the risk of neonatal biliary atresia by using an expression level of the conjugated bilirubin. The present invention has the advantages of being simple and rapid, flexible in sample preparation, low in limit of detection, good in repeatability and high in sensitivity; and the sample preparation and detection method is simple and easy to implement, low in cost and suitable for popularization and use.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBCLINICAL HYPOXEMIA USING WHOLE BLOOD T2p

    公开(公告)号:US20240310465A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18608144

    申请日:2024-03-18

    发明人: David P. Cistola

    IPC分类号: G01N33/72

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of detecting hypoxemia in a subject by: (1) receiving a blood sample from the subject; (2) measuring the T2 relaxation time constant of the blood cell (e.g., blood cell pellet) of the blood sample (T2P value); and (3) correlating the measured T2P value to hypoxemia. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of correlating the measured T2P value to the subject's susceptibility to one or more hypoxemia-related conditions. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to systems for detecting hypoxemia in a subject in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure.

    MICROFLUIDIC IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240192232A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18443138

    申请日:2024-02-15

    IPC分类号: G01N33/72 B01L3/00 G06T7/00

    摘要: Technology described herein includes a method that includes obtaining an image of a fluid of a microfluidic analysis system. The microfluidic analysis system includes or receives a container that contains the fluid for measurement of analyte or quality determination. A region of interest (ROI) is identified based on the image. The ROI is a set of pixel values for use in the measurement of the analyte or the quality determination of the fluid, fluidic path, or measuring system. Identifying the ROI includes: determining an alignment of the container of the fluid with the imaging device based on the image, and identifying the ROI based on information about the measurement of the fluid or based on information about non-analyte features of the fluid. An analysis of the image of the fluid is performed using the set of pixel values of the ROI.

    Vertical Flow Assay Device and Method for Determination of Hemoglobin Concentration

    公开(公告)号:US20240094190A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18013682

    申请日:2021-10-19

    IPC分类号: G01N33/49 B01L3/00 G01N33/72

    摘要: The present disclosure provides an assay device for determining a concentration of hemoglobin in a sample. The device includes a separation membrane containing a cell lysing reagent that is present on the separation membrane in an amount greater than 200 micrograms/square centimeter to less than 675 micrograms/square centimeter. Further, the device includes a downstream detection membrane configured to elicit a quantifiable response in the presence of hemoglobin. The detection membrane includes an asymmetric membrane having a first plurality of pores located towards an upstream side of the detection membrane and a second plurality of pores located towards a downstream side of the detection membrane. The first plurality of pores are larger than the second plurality of pores. The present disclosure also provides methods for using a vertical flow assay device to lyse the red blood cells in the sample to quantify the level of hemoglobin present via reflectance spectroscopy.