SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND TRANSMITTING ASSAY RESULTS
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for collecting, preparing, and/or analyzing a biological sample. A sample collection site may be utilized with one or more sample processing device. The sample processing device may be configured to accept a sample from a subject. The sample processing device may perform one or more sample preparation step and/or chemical reaction involving the sample. Data related to the sample may be sent from the device to a laboratory. The laboratory may be a certified laboratory that may generate a report that is transmitted to a health care professional. The health care professional may rely on the report for diagnosing, treating, and/or preventing a disease in the subject.
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84 Claims
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1-54. -54. (canceled)
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55. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving raw data at a laboratory location, wherein said raw data is obtained from a biological sample collected at a designated sample collection site and said raw data is transmitted from a device placed at the designated sample collection site, said device having a housing, said raw data being obtained by the device from the biological sample, wherein the device is configured to process the biological sample within said housing by; (i) receiving the biological sample, wherein the biological sample is provided to the device in a cartridge, wherein said cartridge also contains at least one reagent and at least one disposable component for use in analyzing the sample; (ii) preparing the biological sample using said reagent and said disposable component, and yielding raw data within said housing for a subsequent qualitative or quantitative evaluation of the biological sample, wherein yielding raw data comprises performing physical processes or chemical reactions for at least two different assays selected from a chemical assay, an immunoassay, a nucleic acid assay, a receptor-based assay, an enzymatic assay, and a cytometric assay, said assays performed with the biological sample or portion thereof within said disposable component and within said housing, said raw data comprising at least one of (1) numerical values representative of said physical processes or said chemical reactions, or (2) electronic data representative of an image of the biological sample or portion thereof; and (iii) transmitting electronically the raw data from said designated sample collection site to said laboratory location for performance of said subsequent evaluation at the laboratory location; and (b) analyzing the raw data transmitted from the device at the laboratory location, to provide said evaluation of the biological sample, wherein said analyzing is performed using a processor alone or in conjunction with an individual affiliated with the laboratory. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A system for evaluating a biological sample collected from a subject at a designated sample collection site, said system comprising:
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(a) a sample processing device having a housing and placed at said designated sample collection site, said device being configured to obtain raw data within said housing from said biological sample for qualitative or quantitative evaluation of the biological sample, wherein said raw data comprises data from at least two different assays selected from a chemical assay, an immunoassay, a nucleic acid assay, a receptor-based assay, an enzymatic assay, and a cytometric assay, said raw data comprising at least one of (1) numerical values representative of a physical process or chemical reaction with the biological sample or a portion thereof, said process or reaction performed by the device within a disposable component, or (2) electronic data representative of an image of the biological sample or portion thereof, and wherein the device comprises (i) a sample collection unit configured to receive the biological sample;
(ii) a sample preparation unit configured to prepare the biological sample and to yield raw data for the evaluation; and
(iii) transmission unit configured to transmit the raw data to a laboratory location;(b) a communication unit for communication between said device and said laboratory location, said communication unit being configured to receive raw data from said device, to transmit instructions to said device, or both; and (c) a processor located at said laboratory location and operably connected with said communication unit, said processor configured to process said raw data alone or in conjunction with an individual affiliated with said laboratory for the evaluation of the biological sample at the laboratory location. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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