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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika Ag, Luebeck, DE;
EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG, Luebeck, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a method for automated evaluation of incubated immunoblot strips (). What is essential for such immunoblot strips () is that these have regions coated with antigens, which regions discolour under the formation of so-called bands () as soon as a binding occurs, in particular between the antigen and an antibody present in a patient sample. Within the scope of the described technical solution, a camera () is initially used to make recordings of the surface of an incubated immunoblot strip () and these recordings are transmitted in digitized form to an evaluation unit (). Finally, the discolourings, which occurred in the form of bands (), are detected and at least partly quantified in the evaluation unit (), such that a diagnosis suggestion is generated taking into account the number of bands () and the colour strength thereof. The described technical solution is distinguished by virtue of the camera () being used in each case to make at least two recordings at different times and/or under different recording conditions.