Abstract:
An instrument for measuring coagulation parameters is provided in which plasma and at least one reagent are mixed by spinning in a cuvette with transparent windows and in which measurement is then made of scatter by the mixture of the energy of a light beam sent into the mixture. Upon spin, the plasma components and reagent are displaced into the chamber,thus determining the initiation of the presence of the mixture in which the clot forms, and a photodetecting unit senses the change in the energy of the scattered light, caused by clot formation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an analytical test for evaluating the functionality of the thrombin/antithrombin system. In particular, the present invention relates to an analytical method for evaluating the functionality of the thrombin/antithrombin system, comprising the following steps:
(a) mixing a sample of plasma to be analyzed with an agent promoting the inhibitory activity of antithrombin; (b) adding a Factor II activating agent to the mixture produced in step (a); (c) measuring the time ta taken to convert the fibrinogen of the mixture produced in step (b) into fibrin.
Abstract:
An instrument for measuring coagulation parameters is provided in which plasma and at least one reagent are mixed by spinning in a cuvette with transparent windows and in which measurement is then made of scatter by the mixture of the energy of a light beam sent into the mixture. Upon spin, the plasma components and reagent are displaced into the chamber,thus determining the initiation of the presence of the mixture in which the clot forms, and a photodetecting unit senses the change in the energy of the scattered light, caused by clot formation.
Abstract:
To determine the biological activity of protein S in a sample of human plasma, the suitably diluted sample is added to a substrate formed from plasma deficient in protein S, in which protein C is activated. The functionality of protein S is evaluated by a coagulometric test using bovine thromboplastin with added calcium as the phospholipid source.