Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

Accelerate Giagnostics, Inc.

Ken Hance

William L Richards

Wayne A Showalter

Phillip Charles Halbert

Austin Micheil Ashby

Steven W Metzger

Kurt Reinhardt

Kevin David Marshall

Andrew Ghusson

Matthew Ketterer

Paul Richards

Solene Bourgeois

Matthew Mette

Josh Harrison

Jasmin Cote

Alena Shamsheyeva

Oleg Gusyatin

Landon Prisbrey

Dulini Gamage

Ben Turng

Meghan Mensack

Carlos Michel

Elke Allers

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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