Inventors:
- Tucson AZ, US
Austin Ashby - Tucson AZ, US
Matthew Ketterer - Tucson AZ, US
Kevin Marshall - Tucson AZ, US
Josh Harrison - Tucson AZ, US
Matthew Mette - Marana AZ, US
Paul Richards - Kailua Kona HI, US
Wayne Showalter - Tucson AZ, US
Jasmin Cote - Quebec, CA
Steven W. Metzger - Tucson AZ, US
Ken Hance - Tucson AZ, US
Meghan Mensack - Tucson AZ, US
Carlos Michel - Tucson AZ, US
Elke Allers - Tucson AZ, US
Dulini Gamage - Tucson AZ, US
Landon Prisbrey - Tucson AZ, US
Oleg Gusyatin - Tucson AZ, US
Ben Turng - Suzhou, CN
Andrew Ghusson - Tucson AZ, US
Kurt Reinhardt - Tucson AZ, US
Phillip C. Halbert - San Francisco CA, US
Solene Bourgeois - San Francisco CA, US
Assignee:
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. - Tucson AZ
International Classification:
C12Q 1/02
G02B 7/28
C12Q 1/04
G01N 1/38
G01N 15/06
B01L 3/00
G01N 35/02
G01N 35/10
H04N 5/232
G01N 21/64
G01N 35/00
G01N 35/04
Abstract:
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.