Automated Sample Preparation
Automated sample preparation reduces risk and helps to improve in-vitro diagnostic accuracy. Discover JADAK’s technology-driven sample preparation solutions.
Diagnostic sample preparation can be a time-intensive, repetitive, variable task, particularly when performed manually. Automated sample preparation minimizes the risk of human error and contamination, and allows samples to be tracked from collection to analysis. JADAK’s barcode systems and machine vision cameras are designed to support more accurate in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) by automating key stages of the sample prep process.
Automated Sample Preparation
Manual sample preparation carries the risk of contamination and sample misidentification, potentially impacting patient diagnoses. Using an automated sample preparation system minimizes these risks, while saving laboratory technicians time and improving the accuracy of sample inspection. Utilize technology such as barcode scanners and machine vision with deep learning to ensure samples are in the best condition possible for accurate diagnostic testing by enabling:
- Meniscus location in a vial or the edge of liquid in a tube
- Size of droplets or a liquid spot
- Measurement of different levels of the separated phases of centrifuged blood
- Buffy coat thickness
- Presence / absence
- Color
- Test tube detection and classification
- Cell classification and counting
- Pipet alignment
Engineer-to-engineer collaboration means all of our automated sample prep solutions are fully customizable for integration with your existing systems to meet your unique needs.
Common Sample Prep Challenges
- Sample Identification: Mislabeling or incorrectly identifying samples are significant risks when manually preparing samples, particularly when dealing with a high volume of sample preparation. This can lead to additional errors further down the line, including with diagnoses.
- Sample Contamination: Manual sample prep increases the risk of contamination, with this rising at every touchpoint. Even minor contamination can compromise a sample, leading to inaccurate results, potentially putting the patient’s health at risk.
- Human Error: A manual sample preparation system also increases the risk of human error, including incorrect reagent addition or improper lab sample tracking. These factors can result in misidentification or sample contamination.
Automated Sample Preparation Solutions
Fixed Mount Barcode Readers
Use barcodes to track samples from collection to analysis for greater visibility over the end-to-end sample preparation process
Machine Vision Edge Cameras
- Monitor the sample preparation process in real time using machine vision
- Keep the sample prep environment sterile and quickly identify potential contamination risks
- Build an automated sample preparation system for more precise and consistent sample prep and patient diagnoses
Machine Vision Solutions for Healthcare
Machine vision is at the centre of many of our healthcare engineering technologies, including surgical imaging systems, in-vitro diagnostic testing, microscopy imaging and ENT navigation system solutions.
Contact JADAK to find out more about our machine vision solutions for healthcare or to discuss how they could support your lab’s sample preparation processes.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The benefits of automated sample prep lie in reducing the risk of human error, sample misidentification and contamination. As a result, more accurate samples are sent for analysis, leading to faster patient diagnosis.
Blood, urine and saliva samples can all be processed using automated sample preparation solutions. Any biofluid samples where the risk of contamination or processing error is high can benefit from automatic sample prep.
Automated sample preparation uses multiple technologies at different stages of the process, including machine vision and barcode scanning. Barcode systems are used in sample prep automation to track samples from collection to analysis. Machine vision is used in sample preparation to monitor samples, identify risks and improve the accuracy of analysis, and subsequent diagnoses.
Automated sample prep significantly reduces the risks associated with manual sample preparation, including human error, sample misidentification and potential contamination. As a result, more accurate samples can be analysed, leading to faster, more accurate diagnosis to improve patient outcomes.
JADAK Customized Engineering
With our engineer-to-engineer collaboration approach, our team becomes an extension of yours. It starts by gaining a deeper understanding of your application. Then, we’ll help develop and implement a solution that’s a precise fit, supporting you throughout the product lifecycle.