AN AUTOMATED, CLOUD-BASED, POINT-OF-CARE (POC) PATHOGEN AND ANTIBODY ARRAY DETECTION METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to an automated method in a cloud-based ecosystem of diagnostically field testing a sample taken from a subject in a portable handheld instrument to determine the presence of viral antigens and/or antibodies thereto.;According to the present invention, the method comprises disposing the sample in the instrument, processing of the sample using the instrument, detecting a quantitative measure of the viral antigens and/or antibodies in the sample, generating a data output of the detected quantitative measure of the viral antigens and/or antibodies in the sample, communicating the data output to a cloud-based database, comparatively analyzing in a cloud-based ecosystem the communicated data output relative to a plurality of different types of viral antigens and/or antibodies to diagnose the type of viral infection, if any, the subject most likely carries or has previously carried, and communicating the results of the comparative analysis to the subject from the cloud-based ecosystem.