Product Description

A clinical analyzer is an automated medical laboratory instrument designed to analyze biological samples like blood, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. These devices perform a wide variety of tests to detect and measure substances such as metabolites, electrolytes, proteins, and drugs, providing critical data for diagnosing and monitoring diseases.

Technical specifications

• Photometry/Spectrophotometry: Measures the absorption of specific wavelengths of light after a chemical reaction causes a color change. The intensity of the color is directly proportional to the concentration of the analyte.

• Ion-Selective Electrodes (ISE): Measures the electrical potential of a solution to determine the concentration of specific ions, such as sodium (Na+cap N a raised to the positive power
  𝑁𝑎+), potassium (K+cap K raised to the positive power𝐾+), and chloride (Cl−cap C l raised to the negative power𝐶𝑙−).

• Immunoassay: Uses antibodies to detect and quantify specific antigens. Detection methods often include chemiluminescence (measuring light emission from a chemical reaction) or immunoturbidimetry (measuring the cloudiness caused by an immune complex).

• Impedance (for hematology): Measures changes in electrical resistance to count and size blood cells as they pass through an aperture.

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) (for molecular diagnostics): Amplifies specific DNA or RNA sequences so that they can be detected and analyzed.

• Chromatography (for specific analyzers): Separates mixtures into individual components. For example, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is used to isolate specific compounds like aminoglycosides. 

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