Fujifilm corporation (20250012794). IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS

IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS

Organization Name

fujifilm corporation

Inventor(s)

Shinichi Ushikura of Kanagawa (JP)

IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250012794 titled 'IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an immunochromatographic assay apparatus includes a loading part into which a cartridge is loaded, the cartridge including a carrier having a spotting region and an assay region; and a processor that performs a main determination, which is a determination of whether the sample is positive or negative, based on an assay region image, in which the processor divides the assay region image into a plurality of areas extending in the row direction, derives an average value or a center value in each column in the areas using at least a part of the plurality of pixels included in each of the columns, and generates an area profile in the row direction for each of the areas using the derived average value or center value, and executes, in the main determination, condition determination processing using the area profile generated for each of the areas.