Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

Accelerate Giagnostics, Inc.

Carlos Michel

William L Richards

Wayne A Showalter

Phillip Charles Halbert

Kurt Reinhardt

Steven W Metzger

Austin Micheil Ashby

Kevin David Marshall

Andrew Ghusson

Matthew Ketterer

Solene Bourgeois

Paul Richards

Matthew Mette

Ben Turng

Josh Harrison

Jasmin Cote

Alena Shamsheyeva

Oleg Gusyatin

Landon Prisbrey

Kenneth Robert Hance

Elke Allers

Dulini Gamage

Ken Hance

Meghan Mensack

Solène Bourgeois

A system for automated microorganism identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing comprising a reagent cartridge, a reagent stage, a cassette, a cassette, stage, a pipettor assembly, an optical detection system, and a controller is disclosed. The system is designed to dynamically adjust motor idle torque to control heat load and employs a fast focus process for determining the true focus position of an individual microorganism. The system also may quantify the relative abundance of viable microorganisms in a sample using dynamic dilution, and facilitate growth of microorganisms in customized media for rapid, accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Instrument and system for rapid microorganism identification and antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing

A system for automated microorganism identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing comprising a reagent cartridge, a reagent stage, a cassette, a cassette, stage, a pipettor assembly, an optical detection system, and a controller is disclosed. The system is designed to dynamically adjust motor idle torque to control heat load and employs a fast focus process for determining the true focus position of an individual microorganism. The system also may quantify the relative abundance of viable microorganisms in a sample using dynamic dilution, and facilitate growth of microorganisms in customized media for rapid, accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Automated quality control test components and methods of their use are also disclosed.

Instrument and system for rapid microogranism identification and antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing

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Tucson, AZ, United States of America

Carlos Michel