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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Wellstat Diagnostics, Llc, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Richard Alan Cook, Derwood, MD (US);
Sang Cho, Rockville, MD (US);
Charles Quentin Davis, Frederick, MD (US);
Kevin E Dorsey, Germantown, MD (US);
Jason Charles Harley, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jonathan Leland, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Rober Krikor Matikyan, Potomac, MD (US);
Sjef Otten, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jeffrey Howard Peterman, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Brian B Thomas, Frederick, MD (US);
DEFINED DIAGNOSTICS, LLC, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic system is provided herein that includes an instrument comprising an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detector, and a cartridge configured to fit within a portion of the instrument, wherein the cartridge includes at least one reagent including an ECL label and a blood collection holder. Also provided herein is a system that includes a diagnostic instrument, which includes a pump, an ECL detector, an incubator, a magnet, and an output device, and a cartridge configured to fit within a portion of the diagnostic instrument, a sample holder configured to fit within the cartridge, and a closed fluidic loop between the diagnostic instrument and the cartridge when the cartridge is fit within a portion of the diagnostic instrument, wherein the cartridge is configured to accept a sample from the sample holder and place the sample in fluidic communication with the diagnostic instrument via the closed fluidic loop.