Disclosed herein are compositions that include oxygen, a sugar or sugar alcohol, and an amino acid, wherein the amino acid is present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the oxygen. Also provided are aqueous diagnostic quality controls or calibration reagents and methods of stabilizing oxygen in a liquid solution.

A fluid ejection controller interface includes input logic to receive control data packets and a first clock signal, each control data packet including a set of primitive data bits and a set of random bits, wherein the input logic identifies the random bits in the received control data packets to facilitate the creation of modified control data packets. The fluid ejection controller interface includes a clock signal generator to generate a second clock signal that is different than the first clock signal, and output logic to receive the modified control data packets, and output the modified control data packets to a fluid ejection controller of a fluid ejection device based on the second clock signal.

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising oxygen, a sugar or sugar alcohol, and an amino acid, wherein the amino acid is present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the oxygen. Also provided are aqueous diagnostic quality controls or calibration reagents and methods of stabilizing oxygen in a liquid solution.

Compositions, devices, kits, and methods for calibrating at least one oxygen sensor in a blood gas, electrolyte, and/or metabolite instrument utilizing a calibration fluid comprising a pyrogallol oxygen scavenger.

The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the oxygenation of a graft, comprising: a) mixing an organ storage solution preferably with at least one molecule chosen from extracellular hemoglobin from annelids, its globins and its globin protomers, in order to obtain a composition, in a sealed container; b) immersion of the graft in the composition obtained in a); c) the introduction of an oxygen probe in the composition obtained in a), or in the composition of step b); and d) the closure of the hermetic container, steps c) and d) being carried out simultaneously or in any order.

It also relates to a method for determining the viability of a graft.

Compositions, devices, kits, and methods for calibrating at least one oxygen sensor in a blood gas, electrolyte, and/or metabolite instrument utilizing a calibration fluid comprising a pyrogallol oxygen scavenger.

A fluid ejection controller interface includes input logic to receive control data packets and a first clock signal, each control data packet including a set of primitive data bits and a set of random bits, wherein the input logic identifies the random bits in the received control data packets to facilitate the creation of modified control data packets. The fluid ejection controller interface includes a clock signal generator to generate a second clock signal that is different than the first clock signal, and output logic to receive the modified control data packets, and output the modified control data packets to a fluid ejection controller of a fluid ejection device based on the second clock signal.

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An in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) analyzer 200 comprising at least one sensor 212 located in a flow-through sensor path 211 of detecting unit and requiring at least one oxygenated calibration fluid 221, 222 for calibration is herein disclosed. The IVD analyzer 200 further comprises a fluid-supply unit 220 comprising at least one deoxygenated calibration fluid 221, 222, a fluid-selection valve 230 and at least one oxygenation tubing 215, 216 having two ends connected to the fluid-selection valve 230 as a loop, wherein the oxygenation tubing 215, 216 comprises oxygen-permeable walls, and wherein the IVD analyzer 200 further comprises a pump 240 and a controller 250 configured to control the pump 240 and the fluid-selection valve 230 for transporting deoxygenated calibration fluid 221, 222 into the oxygenation tubing 215, 216, to wait a predetermined time required for oxygenation of the deoxygenated calibration fluid 221, 222 via oxygen uptake from ambient air through the tubing walls, and to transport the thereby obtained oxygenated calibration fluid 221, 222 into the sensor path 211 for calibration of the at least one sensor 212. A respective automatic method of calibrating at least one sensor 212 is herein also disclosed.