Multiplexed analysis of clinical specimens apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium storing an assay database for processing a pooled population of subsets of particles during flow analysis, said assay database comprising:
- (a) a discriminant function table encoding a decision tree for classifying in real time each particle according to its subset based at least in part on at least one classification parameter including at least one respective fluorescence emission intensity, and (b) an assay definition table encoding a decision tree for defining an assay by identifying a respective subset and as least one baseline assay measurement value for interpreting an assay result.
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Abstract
A method for the multiplexed diagnostic and genetic analysis of enzymes, DNA fragments, antibodies, and other biomolecules comprises the steps of constructing an appropriately labeled beadset, exposing the beadset to a clinical sample, and analyzing the combined sample/beadset by flow cytometry is disclosed. Flow cytometric measurements are used to classify, in real-time, beads within an exposed beadset and textual explanations, based on the accumulated data obtained during real-time analysis, are generated for the user. The inventive technology enables the simultaneous, and automated, detection and interpretation of multiple biomolecules or DNA sequences in real-time while also reducing the cost of performing diagnostic and genetic assays.
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13 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium storing an assay database for processing a pooled population of subsets of particles during flow analysis, said assay database comprising:
- (a) a discriminant function table encoding a decision tree for classifying in real time each particle according to its subset based at least in part on at least one classification parameter including at least one respective fluorescence emission intensity, and (b) an assay definition table encoding a decision tree for defining an assay by identifying a respective subset and as least one baseline assay measurement value for interpreting an assay result.
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3. A machine readable assay database, stored in a storage device, for the processing of flow-cytometric measurement data comprising:
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(a) an assay definition table, said assay definition table encoding (1) one or more measurement subset token identifiers, (2) for each subset token identifier, one or more baseline measurement parameter values, and (3) for each subset token identifier, an interpretation test-type token;
(b) a discriminant function table, said discriminant function table encoding a real-time classification decision tree based on one or more classification measurement parameters, said one or more classification measurement parameters encoded in said flow-cytometric measurement data;
(c) an interpretation table, said interpretation table encoding textual assay outcome-description information; and
(d) a results table, said results table capable of encoding statistical accumulation of real-time flow-cytometric measurement data.
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6. A computer readable medium storing an assay database for processing a pooled population of subsets of particles during flow analysis, said assay database comprising:
- (a) a discriminant function table encoding a decision tree for classifying in one step each particle according to its subset based at least in part on at least one classification parameter including at least one respective fluorescence emission intensity, and (b) an assay definition table encoding a decision tree for defining an assay by identifying a respective subset and as least one baseline assay measurement value for interpreting an assay result.
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7. A computer readable medium storing an assay database for processing a pooled population of subsets of particles during flow analysis, said assay database comprising:
- (a) a discriminant function table encoding a decision tree for classifying each particle according to its subset based at least in part on at least one classification parameter, and (b) an assay definition table encoding a decision tree for defining an assay based at least in part on at least one baseline measurement parameter value.
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