A Multichannel Centrifugal Analyzer. Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Constituents in Clinical Samples

The concept of a multichannel, multiwavelength centrifugal analyzer was investigated because of the potential advantages compared to present instruments. The possibility of rapid, simultaneous, multiple determinations of clinical sample constituents could be especially useful in intensive care units, therapeutic monitoring units, emergency rooms or even admission points to the hospital for admissions screening. The instrument designed and built to test the concept contains six channels, five absorbance and one fluorescence which could provide enough wavelengths to allow twenty of the common clinical chemistry tests to be run on each sample. Stat or routine profiles can be run on the analyzer within 15 minutes of receipt of the sample, with setup, analysis and printout of results requiring less than five minutes. Additionally, single chemistry tests can be run on multiple samples in a batch mode operation to handle those samples requiring only one or a few tests per sample. This flexibility allows the analyzer to be used efficiently to analyze all types of samples received by the laboratory, Stat or routine, single or multitest. Commercially available analyzers are not effective in handling all types of samples.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Wengert, Glenn Bryant, Jr.

• Chemistry, Analytical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8018216

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67228