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US 11,694,326 B2Granted
System and method for processing a diagnostic test article
AssigneeClinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.
InventorSerhat Pala
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Abstract
A system and related methods are provided for processing a diagnostic test article, for example, one that is used for medical or substance testing. The system and methods combine a diagnostic test article with a software application that is integrated with each of a mobile communication device and a cloud-based network via an internet connection for achieving certain advantages and improvements over conventional point of use diagnostics.
Claims19
A system for processing a diagnostic test article, the system comprising:
- each of a customer side, a client side and a server side connected to internet via one of a plurality of internet connections;
- the customer side including at least one customer access device;
- the client side including a mobile communication device and a client application integrated with the mobile communication device;
- the server side including one or more network servers configured to access an image dataset, the image dataset comprising a plurality of source images;
- characterized in that:
- with the client application, the mobile communication device is configured to execute a series of steps for processing the diagnostic test article, the steps comprising in order:
- (i) identifying a diagnostic test article type from a plurality of possible diagnostic test article types, the diagnostic test article being one of the diagnostic test article types, wherein the diagnostic test article type is associated with characteristic information including:
- number of diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article type and number of diagnostic strips for each of the diagnostic panels;
- and
- (ii) characterizing results of a diagnostic test using the diagnostic test article, wherein said characterizing results comprises:
- acquiring one or more results images, each of the results images corresponding to one of the diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article,
- comparing each of the one or more results images to a plurality of the source images of the image dataset, and
- for each of the diagnostic strips of the diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article, assigning an automated value based on said comparing, wherein the automated value corresponds to one of:
- ‘positive’, ‘negative’, or ‘null’.
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A method for processing a diagnostic test article, the method comprising, using a client application integrated with a mobile communication device:
- (i) identifying a diagnostic test article type from a plurality of possible diagnostic test article types, the diagnostic test article being one of the diagnostic test article types, wherein the diagnostic test article type is associated with characteristic information including:
- number of diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article type and number of diagnostic strips for each of the diagnostic panels;
- and
- (ii) characterizing results of a diagnostic test using the diagnostic test article, wherein said characterizing results comprises:
- acquiring one or more results images, each of the results images corresponding to one of the diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article after completing a diagnostic test using the diagnostic test article,
- comparing each of the one or more results images to a plurality of source images of an image dataset, the source images of the image dataset being stored on one or more network servers, and
- for each of the diagnostic strips of the diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article, receiving from the one or more network servers an automated value based on said comparing, wherein the automated value corresponds to one of:
- ‘positive’, ‘negative’, or ‘null’.
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A method for processing a diagnostic test article, the method comprising:
- with one or more network servers connected to a mobile communication device via an internet connection:
- receiving one or more results images from the mobile communication device;
- comparing the results images to a plurality of source images of an image dataset, the source images of the image dataset being stored on the one or more network servers;
- assigning an automated value based on said comparing, wherein the automated value corresponds to one of:
- ‘positive’, ‘negative’, or ‘null’;
- and
- returning the automated value to the mobile communication device;
- receiving from the mobile communication device one or more panel images of the diagnostic test article, each of the panel images corresponding to one of one or more diagnostic panels of the diagnostic test article;
- comparing the one or more panel images to up to each of the plurality of source images of the image dataset;
- assigning a diagnostic test article type from a plurality of possible diagnostic test article types;
- and
- returning the diagnostic test article type to the mobile communication device.
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