iQ^®200 Sprint ™ Urinalysis System

Overview: The iQ^®200 Sprint Automated Urinalysis System (iQ200 Sprint) is a user-friendly, bench top, fully automated system that performs complete urinalyses on un-spun specimens; simply load and walk away. Designed for high volume laboratories or any facility looking to reduce turnaround time. The iQ200 Sprint has a processing speed of 101 samples per hour and with the optional Load/Unload Stations a sample capacity of 210, providing over 2 hours of completely automated operation.

The iQ200 Sprint System incorporates the IQ200 Sprint Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer and the AUTION MAX™ AX-4280 Automated Urine Chemistry Analyzer (AX-4280) to provide the only fully integrated chemical and microscopic analysis. The iQ200 uses Auto-Particle Recognition (APR™), a well-trained neural network, to classify and quantitate twelve formed elements. The results can be auto-reported based on user-defined criteria. The images captured may be viewed on demand at the workstation monitor, dramatically reducing the need for manual microscopy and improving laboratory productivity.

Technical Description:
The iQ200 Sprint System completely automates urinalysis.

• Specimen preparation and sampling
  • Identifies bar-coded specimens
  • Mixes
  • Samples
  • Analyzes
• Chemistry
  • Nine chemistries performed simultaneously
  • Specific Gravity by refractometer
  • Color
  • Clarity
• Automated Specimen transport between modules
• Microscopy
  • Image recognition and classification
    Auto-Particle Recognition (APR™) counts and classifies 12 particles
    • RBC
    • WBC
    • WBC clumps
    • Squamous epithelial cells
    • Non-squamous epithelial cells
    • Hyaline casts
    • Unclassified Casts
    • Crystals
    • Yeast
    • Bacteria
    • Sperm
    • Mucus
• Results
  • Quantitative report collates Chemistry and Microscopy results on the monitor screen
  • Review/Release Options
    • Auto-release based on user-defined criteria
    • Operator review of an on-screen visual display of results based on user-defined threshold values prior to release
    • Operator review of images for sub-classification, if necessary
      • Pathological casts
      • Non-squamous epithelial cells
      • Crystals
      • Yeast
      • Other
  • Images
    • Maybe exported for remote consultation
    • May be copied to CD disk for training purposes
    • May be sub-classified, if necessary
      • Unclassified casts
        • Granular
        • Cellular
        • Waxy
        • Broad
        • RBC
        • WBC
        • Epithelial cell
        • Fatty
      • Crystals
        • Calcium oxalate
        • Triple phosphate
        • Calcium phosphate
        • Uric acid
        • Calcium carbonate
        • Leucine
        • Cystine
        • Tyrosine
        • Amorphous
      • Non-squamous Epithelial Cells
        • Renal epithelial
        • Transitional epithelial
      • Yeast
        • Budding yeast
        • Yeast with pseudohyphae
      • Other
        • RBC Clumps
        • Fat
        • Oval fat bodies
        • Trichomonas

The iQ200 Sprint System is designed to maximize workflow efficiency in the clinical laboratory setting. Optional load and unload stations (shown above) increase sample capacity up to 210 samples.

The AX-4280 is available through Iris Diagnostics in the U.S.A. only. To request contact information for the AX-4280 distributor in other countries, please visit the ARKRAY website at www.arkray.co.jp.