An apparatus for performing immunometric tests is described. The apparatus includes a housing element which receives and allows tests on a single use-type for a single sample test device, a reaction well containing a solid phase, a plurality of wells for reagents, a well for a sample to be analyzed, a control unit for managing the apparatus, and an image detector for acquiring images of the reaction well in communication with the control unit. The control unit processes the acquired images and performs a macroarray test relative to the sample in the test device. During processing, the control unit identifies at the reaction well of the test device, points of a matrix that includes points of analysis related to a specific biomarker that represent measurement parameters of the macroarray test, and performs the macroarray test on the basis of the points. A corresponding method and use procedure are also disclosed.

The invention provides a version of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in which all the steps are performed at physiological temperatures, i.e., body temperature, to detect and identify pathogenic bacteria in clinical samples. Methods of the invention use species-specific fluorescent probes to label clinically important infectious bacteria. A sample such as a urine sample is loaded into a cartridge, fluorescently labeled, and imaged with a microscope. Labelled bacteria are pulled down onto an imaging surface and a dye cushion is used to keep unbound probes off of the imaging surface. A microscopic image of the surface shows whether and in what quantities the infectious bacteria are present in the clinical sample.

An apparatus for performing immunometric tests is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing element configured to house a plurality of single sample test devices and includes housings for a solid phase, a sample to be analyzed, and reagents, means for acting on the housing element to allow the execution of the desired immunometric test, and a control unit for managing the apparatus. The apparatus includes means for the automatic execution of different immunometric tests, including a detector for executing Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) tests, a detector for executing Chemiluminescent Immunoassay (CLIA) tests; and an image detector in communication with the control unit for acquiring and processing images of the sample.

An automatic analyzing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a reagent cartridge and processing circuitry. The reagent cartridge includes a storing unit storing therein a reagent, a flow path for dispensing the reagent from the storing unit, and a dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the reagent into a reaction cuvette through the flow path. The processing circuitry is configured to control the dispensing mechanism so as to dispose of the reagent in the flow path.

An automatic analyzer for making measurements for different analysis processes by a compact mechanism. The apparatus performs inspection for plural different analysis processes and includes: an incubator for holding plural reaction vessels on circumferential positions, first and second dispensing mechanisms each having a dispensing nozzle capable of arc-shaped movement around a rotational axis and vertical movement, in which a first locus of an arc-shaped movement of the dispensing nozzle of the first dispensing mechanism and a second locus of the arc-shaped movement of the dispensing nozzle of the second dispensing mechanism intersect the circumference of the incubator where the reaction vessels are arranged, while the first locus and the second locus do not intersect, the first dispensing mechanism is used in a first inspection having a first reaction period, and the second dispensing mechanism is used in a second inspection having a second reaction period longer than the first reaction period.