阅读说明：本技术 一种用于结核自动检测的装置及方法 (Device and method for automatic tuberculosis detection ) 是由 邱宪波 李益民 彭旭 王东 张晓磊 董盛华 于 2019-07-15 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种用于结核自动检测的装置及方法,装置组成从下到上依次包括：储液模块、功能集成泵模块、微流控芯片模块与荧光检测模块。功能集成泵模块中的功能集成泵可以实现180°翻转,当其翻转至垂直向下方向时,可与位于其正下方的储液模块实现对接完成检测样品的预处理,功能集成泵与位于其正上方的微流控芯片实现对接,完成检测样品的混合、驱动及侧向流免疫反应。荧光检测模块位于微流控芯片模块的正上方,利用紫外LED灯发出的紫外光,激发微流控芯片中集成的侧向流荧光试纸条上的荧光信号,通过采集并处理荧光信号,实现结核检测结果的阴阳性判读。本发明具有系统集成度高、检测复杂度低、操作简单方便、成本低等优点。(The invention discloses a device and a method for automatic tuberculosis detection, and the device comprises the following components in sequence from bottom to top: the device comprises a liquid storage module, a function integrated pump module, a micro-fluidic chip module and a fluorescence detection module. The function integrated pump in the function integrated pump module can realize 180-degree turnover, when the function integrated pump module is turned to the vertical downward direction, the function integrated pump module can be in butt joint with the liquid storage module positioned right below the function integrated pump module to complete pretreatment of a detection sample, and the function integrated pump module is in butt joint with the micro-fluidic chip positioned right above the function integrated pump module to complete mixing, driving and lateral flow immunoreaction of the detection sample. The fluorescence detection module is positioned right above the micro-fluidic chip module, ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is utilized to excite a fluorescence signal on a lateral flow fluorescence test strip integrated in the micro-fluidic chip, and the negative and positive interpretation of a tuberculosis detection result is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescence signal. The invention has the advantages of high system integration level, low detection complexity, simple and convenient operation, low cost and the like.)

1. An apparatus for automated tuberculosis detection, characterized by: from the bottom up includes in proper order: the system comprises a liquid storage module, a function integrated pump module, a micro-fluidic chip module and a fluorescence detection module; the functional integrated pump in the functional integrated pump module is turned over for 180 degrees, when the functional integrated pump is turned to a vertical downward direction, the functional integrated pump can be in butt joint with a liquid storage module positioned right below the functional integrated pump module, a detection sample or buffer liquid with a certain volume is extracted, then the functional integrated pump is turned to a vertical upward state, the pretreatment of the detection sample is completed, including 24-hour cell culture and erythrocyte sedimentation, and then the functional integrated pump is in butt joint with a micro-fluidic chip module positioned right above the functional integrated pump, so that the mixing, driving and lateral flow immunoreaction of the detection sample is completed; the fluorescence detection modules are positioned on two sides above the microfluidic chip module, ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is utilized to excite fluorescence signals on the lateral flow fluorescence test strip (3-13-2) integrated in the microfluidic chip (3-1), and the negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescence signals.

2. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the liquid storage module is positioned at the bottom of the device and comprises a test tube rack (1-2), an EP test tube (1-1) and a matched control system thereof; the test tube rack (1-2) is provided with a plurality of through holes and a threaded hole, the through holes are used for storing a plurality of EP test tubes (1-1) filled with detection samples, the threaded hole is combined with the threaded rod (1-4), the threaded rod (1-4) is locked with a rotating shaft of the direct current motor (1-5), the direct current motor (1-5) is controlled to rotate forward and backward, the threaded rod (1-4) is driven to rotate, and therefore the test tube rack (1-2) is driven to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction along the optical axis (1-3).

3. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 1, wherein: function integrated pump module is located the stock solution module directly over, and function integrated pump comprises the miniaturized piston driving pump of the similar syringe of structure, incubation module and its supporting control system, and it constitutes from the bottom up and is in proper order: the multifunctional integrated pump comprises a bottom plate (2-1), a sliding platform (2-2), a top plate (2-3), a first direct current motor (2-16) and a second direct current motor (2-17), wherein in the functional integrated pump, two optical axes penetrate through the sliding platform (2-2) to lock the bottom plate (2-1), the sliding platform (2-2) and the top plate (2-3), and rotating shafts of the first direct current motor (2-16) and the second direct current motor (2-17) are provided with threads which can be combined with two threaded holes in the sliding platform (2-2) to control the rotation of the first direct current motor (2-16) and the second direct current motor (2-17) and drive the sliding platform (2-2) to do controllable up-and-down movement in the vertical direction.

4. An apparatus for the automatic detection of tuberculosis according to claim 3, characterized in that: the miniature piston type driving pump consists of a miniature piston type driving pump interface (2-9), a miniature piston type driving pump body (2-10) and a miniature piston type driving pump piston (2-11), the miniature piston type driving pump is fixed on two sides of the function integrated pump, the miniature piston type driving pump piston (2-11) is fixed with the sliding platform (2-2), the miniature piston type driving pump body (2-10) is fixed with the top plate (2-3), the forward and reverse rotation of the direct current motor I (2-16) and the direct current motor II (2-17) is controlled, and the sliding platform (2-2) is driven to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction, thereby realizing the pulling and pushing movement of the piston (2-11) of the miniature piston type driving pump, and further realizing the suction and pumping of the miniature piston type driving pump to the detection sample; the initial position of the movement of the sliding platform (2-2) is assisted and positioned through the first touch switch (2-6) and the second touch switch (2-14), and the final position is determined by adjusting the running time of the direct current motor.

5. An apparatus for the automatic detection of tuberculosis according to claim 3, characterized in that: the miniature piston type driving pumps are fixed on two sides of the function integrated pump, the operation object of the miniature piston type driving pump on one side is sample diluent, the operation object on the other side is a whole blood sample, the pulling and pushing movement of the miniature piston type driving pump pistons (2-11) in the miniature piston type driving pumps on the two sides is controlled by the direct current motors I (2-16) and II (2-17) respectively, and the suction and the pumping of the sample diluent or the whole blood sample can be controlled independently.

6. An apparatus for the automatic detection of tuberculosis according to claim 3, characterized in that: the temperature incubation module is positioned above the top plate (2-3) of the function integrated pump and is tightly attached to the top plate (2-3), the temperature incubation module consists of an aluminum heat conduction plate (2-7) and a polyimide electrothermal film (2-15), one side of the aluminum heat conduction plate (2-7) is of a semi-surrounding structure, the aluminum heat conduction plate (2-7) is tightly attached to the miniaturized piston type driving pump at one side of the function integrated pump, the polyimide electrothermal film (2-15) is attached to the other side of the aluminum heat conduction plate, the polyimide electrothermal film (2-15) is used as a heating source, heat is transferred to a plurality of miniaturized piston type driving pumps absorbing whole blood through the aluminum heat conduction plate (2-7), and therefore temperature incubation of samples is achieved; a temperature sensor caulking groove (2-8) is designed in the aluminum heat conducting plate (2-7) and used for storing a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is used for collecting temperature data and feeding back the temperature data to the control system so as to realize closed-loop control of temperature and further realize constant-temperature incubation.

7. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the control system for overturning the function integrated pump is driven by a focusing stepping motor (2-12), a rotating shaft of the focusing stepping motor (2-12) is locked with a bottom plate (2-1) of the function integrated pump, a locking structure is embedded into a bearing (2-13), and the locking structure rotates inside the bearing (2-13); the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the focusing stepping motor (2-12) are controlled to drive the bottom plate (2-1) of the function integration pump to overturn, so that the function integration pump overturns from an angle of 0-180 degrees, and the grating 2-3 and the optical coupler 2-4 are used for assisting in positioning of the overturning angle.

8. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the micro-fluidic chip module is positioned right above the functional integrated pump module and comprises the following components: a micro-fluidic chip (3-1), a chip frame (3-2) and a matched control system thereof; the chip frame (3-2) is provided with two through holes and a threaded hole, an optical axis (3-5) is inserted into the two through holes, the micro-fluidic chip module is fixed right above the function integrated pump module, the threaded hole is combined with a rotating shaft (3-4) with threads of the direct current motor (3-3), the chip frame (3-2) can be driven to move by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the direct current motor (3-3), and therefore the chip frame (3-2) is driven to do controllable up-and-down movement in the vertical direction along the optical axis (3-5), and controllable up-and-down movement of the micro-fluidic chip (3-1) in the vertical direction is achieved.

The microfluidic chip (3-1) in the microfluidic chip module can be inserted into the chip frame (3-2), and the microfluidic chip (3-1) is divided into four layers, namely a chip filter layer (3-11), a lower mixed layer (3-12), an upper mixed layer (3-13) and a top cover (3-14) from bottom to top; a whole blood filtering membrane 3-11-1 is fixed on the upper surface of the chip filtering layer (3-11), the whole blood filtering membrane 3-11-1 is used for filtering red blood cells to realize plasma separation, a PDMS plug is used for plugging a sample inlet hole on the back surface of the chip filtering layer (3-11), and when a micro-fluidic chip (3-1) is subjected to sample adding, a miniature piston type driving pump interface (2-9) in the functional integrated pump module pierces the PDMS plug from the back surface of the chip filtering layer (3-11) to start sample adding; z-shaped mixing channels which are bent back and forth are designed on the lower layer mixing layer (3-12) and the upper layer mixing layer (3-13) and are used for mixing blood plasma and sample diluent, a plurality of detection grooves connected with the tail ends of the Z-shaped mixing channels are designed on the upper layer mixing layer (3-13), and lateral flow fluorescent test strips (3-13-2) are placed in the detection grooves and are used for detecting the immunochromatographic reaction of a sample; the top cover (3-14) is used for packaging the chip and preventing the chip from being polluted in long-term storage, a plurality of top cover notches (3-14-1) corresponding to the detection grooves are designed on the top cover (3-14), and the lateral flow fluorescent test strip (3-13-2) in the detection grooves is exposed in the air and used for detecting and reading fluorescent signals.

9. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 8, wherein: the fluorescence detection module is positioned right above the microfluidic chip (3-1), has the functions of realizing excitation and detection of fluorescence signals, and comprises the following components: the device comprises an ultraviolet LED lamp fixing frame (4-1), an ultraviolet LED lamp, a convex lens fixing frame (4-2) and convex lenses (4-3), wherein the convex lenses (4-3) are installed on the convex lens fixing frame (4-2), ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is focused through the convex lenses (4-3), ultraviolet light spots with uniform brightness are obtained and irradiate a plurality of chromogenic areas on lateral flow fluorescent test strips (3-13-2) on a microfluidic chip (3-1), excitation of fluorescent signals on the lateral flow fluorescent test strips (3-13-2) is completed, and negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescent signals.

10. The apparatus for tuberculosis automatic detection as set forth in claim 7, wherein: on one hand, the function integrated pump integrates the functions of sucking a detection sample by the miniature piston type driving pump and pumping the detection sample out by the fluid driving pump, the initial position of the movement of the piston (2-11) of the miniature piston type driving pump is positioned by the aid of the touch switch, and the movement distance of the piston (2-11) of the miniature piston type driving pump is determined by controlling the movement time of the direct current motor, so that the accurate control of the fluid quantification is realized; on the other hand, the incubation module is combined with the miniaturized piston type driving pump, so that the whole blood sample in the miniaturized piston type driving pump can be incubated, and the culture of bacteria is completed; and finally, proportionally pumping the sample diluent and the whole blood sample into a micro-fluidic chip (3-1) by a control function integrated pump, separating plasma of the whole blood sample in a chip filtering layer (3-11), proportionally mixing the plasma and the whole blood sample diluent in a lower mixed layer (3-12) and an upper mixed layer (3-13) of the micro-fluidic chip, driving the mixed liquid with a fixed volume onto a lateral flow fluorescent test strip (3-13-2) in the micro-fluidic chip (3-1) to complete an immunochromatography reaction, and simultaneously performing the immunochromatography reaction on a plurality of detection samples to read fluorescent signals on the corresponding lateral flow fluorescent test strips (3-13-2), thereby realizing the positive and negative judgment of the tuberculosis detection result.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of tuberculosis detection, in particular to a device and a method for automatically detecting tuberculosis.

Background

tuberculosis has the characteristics of easy propagation, easy generation of drug resistance, difficult radical cure, great influence on the health state of a human body and the like, the virus source of the tuberculosis is tubercle bacillus, and after the tubercle bacillus infects a new host, the tubercle bacillus can invade each organ of the whole body of the host to induce tuberculosis of different types, thereby causing great threat to the health of human beings, therefore, the early accurate diagnosis of the tuberculosis has important practical significance for the treatment, prevention and control of the tuberculosis. At present, in the main mode of tuberculosis detection, professional technicians are often required to complete tuberculosis diagnosis by using bacteriological methods, immunological methods or molecular biological methods, and the defects of complex operation, long time, high cost, low sensitivity and the like exist, so that the popularization and the application of tuberculosis detection are not facilitated.

The emergence of microfluidic technology provides a technology platform with remarkable characteristics for realizing efficient, simple, integrated and intelligent disease diagnosis, and increasingly plays an important role in medical diagnosis. Based on the microfluidic chip, the tuberculosis automatic detection device matched with the microfluidic chip is researched, multiple steps of sample culture, reaction, detection, signal reading and the like involved in tuberculosis detection are integrated into a device with the microfluidic chip as a core, automatic, intelligent and cross-contamination-free tuberculosis detection is realized, the degree of dependence on operators is reduced, the tuberculosis detection complexity is reduced, and accurate, simple and efficient tuberculosis detection is realized. Therefore, the research on the tuberculosis automatic detection device and the method has important practical significance for improving the tuberculosis diagnosis and prevention and control level.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a device and a method for tuberculosis automatic detection, and the device can realize the following functions: the method comprises the steps of sucking and pumping out a reagent sample, pretreating the reagent sample and reacting and detecting the reagent sample in the tuberculosis detection. The tuberculosis automatic detection device realizes the integration, integration and automation of functions such as reagent sample pretreatment, reagent fluid control, reagent sample reaction and detection and the like, and can realize simplified tuberculosis automatic detection.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the scheme that: a device for tuberculosis automated inspection, the device from the bottom up includes in proper order: the device comprises a liquid storage module, a function integrated pump module, a micro-fluidic chip module and a fluorescence detection module. Wherein, the function integration pump in the function integration pump module can realize 180 upsets, when the function integration pump upset to vertical decurrent direction, can realize the butt joint with the stock solution module that is located its below, pump the detection sample or the buffer solution of certain volume, afterwards, the function integration pump upset is to the perpendicular upward state, accomplishes the preliminary treatment that detects the sample, including 24 hours cell culture and erythrocyte sedimentation, then, the butt joint is realized with the micro-fluidic chip module that is located directly over the function integration pump to the function integration pump, accomplishes the mixture of detection sample, drive and lateral flow immunoreaction. The fluorescence detection modules are positioned on two sides above the microfluidic chip module, ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is utilized to excite fluorescence signals on the lateral flow fluorescence test strip integrated in the microfluidic chip, and the negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescence signals.

The invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a liquid storage module is positioned at the bottom of the device, and the liquid storage module comprises a test tube rack, an EP test tube and a matched control system thereof. Wherein, be equipped with a plurality of through-holes and a screw hole on the test-tube rack, a plurality of through-holes are used for depositing a plurality of EP test tubes that are equipped with the detection sample, the screw hole cooperatees with the threaded rod, the tip of threaded rod is connected with DC motor's pivot, DC motor is controlled by control system, control system is used for controlling DC motor's corotation or reversal, and then can realize the corotation or the reversal of threaded rod, thereby the controllable up-and-down motion in vertical side is done along the optical axis to the drive test-tube rack.

The invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a function integration pump module is positioned right above a liquid storage module. Wherein, function integrated pump comprises the miniaturized piston-type drive pump and the incubation module of similar syringe of structure, and it constitutes from the bottom up and is in proper order: the device comprises a bottom plate, a sliding platform, a top plate, a first direct current motor and a second direct current motor; in the function integrated pump, two optical axes penetrate through the sliding platform to connect the bottom plate and the sliding platform with the top plate, the rotating shafts of the first direct current motor and the second direct current motor are provided with threads and combined with two threaded holes on the sliding platform to control the forward and reverse rotation of the direct current motor and drive the sliding platform to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction.

The invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a miniaturized piston type driving pump consists of a miniaturized piston type driving pump interface, a miniaturized piston type driving pump body and a miniaturized piston type driving pump piston, wherein the miniaturized piston type driving pump is fixed on two sides of a function integrated pump, the miniaturized piston type driving pump piston is fixed with a sliding platform, the miniaturized piston type driving pump body is fixed with a top plate, the forward and reverse rotation of a direct current motor I and a direct current motor II is controlled, and the sliding platform can be driven to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction, so that the pulling-pushing motion of the miniaturized piston type driving pump piston is realized, and the absorption and pumping out of a detection sample by the miniaturized piston type driving pump are realized. The initial position of the movement of the sliding platform is positioned by the aid of the first touch switch and the second touch switch, and the final position is determined by adjusting the running time of the direct current motor.

The invention relates to a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a miniature piston type driving pump is fixed on two sides of a function integrated pump, the operation object of the miniature piston type driving pump on one side is sample diluent, the operation object on the other side is a whole blood sample, and the pulling and pushing movement of the miniature piston type driving pump pistons in the miniature piston type driving pumps on the two sides is controlled by a direct current motor I and a direct current motor II respectively, so that the suction and the pumping of the sample diluent or the whole blood sample can be controlled independently.

The invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that an incubation module is positioned above a top plate of a function integration pump and is tightly attached to the top plate, the incubation module consists of an aluminum heat-conducting plate and a polyimide electrothermal film, one side of the aluminum heat-conducting plate is of a semi-surrounding structure and can be tightly attached to a miniaturized piston type driving pump at one side of the function integration pump, the polyimide electrothermal film is adhered at the other side of the aluminum heat-conducting plate, and the polyimide electrothermal film is used as a heating source to transfer heat to a plurality of miniaturized piston type driving pumps absorbing whole blood through the aluminum heat-conducting plate, so that the incubation of a whole blood sample is realized. The aluminum heat conducting plate is provided with a temperature sensor caulking groove for storing a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is used for collecting temperature data and feeding back the temperature data to the control system so as to realize closed-loop control of temperature and realize constant-temperature incubation.

The invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a control system for controlling the turnover of a function integrated pump is driven by a stepping motor, a rotating shaft of the stepping motor is locked with a bottom plate of the function integrated pump, a locking structure is embedded into a bearing, and the locking structure can rotate inside the bearing. The forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the stepping motor are controlled, the bottom plate of the function integrated pump can be driven to overturn, so that the function integrated pump can overturn from 0-180 degrees, and the grating and the optocoupler are used for assisting in positioning of the overturning angle.

the invention discloses a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a micro-fluidic chip module is positioned right above a functional integrated pump module, and the device comprises the following components: a micro-fluidic chip, a chip frame and a matched control system. The chip frame is provided with two through holes and a threaded hole, the optical axis is inserted into the two through holes, the microfluidic chip module is fixed right above the function integrated pump module, the threaded hole is combined with a threaded rotating shaft of the direct current motor, and the chip frame is driven to move by controlling the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the direct current motor, so that the chip frame is driven to do controllable up-and-down movement in the vertical direction along the optical axis, and the up-and-down controllable movement of the microfluidic chip in the vertical direction is realized.

the device for automatically detecting tuberculosis is characterized in that a micro-fluidic chip in a micro-fluidic chip module can be inserted into a chip frame and is divided into four layers, and the micro-fluidic chip sequentially comprises a chip filtering layer, a lower layer mixing layer, an upper layer mixing layer and a top cover from bottom to top. The upper surface of the chip filtering layer is fixed with a whole blood filtering membrane for filtering red blood cells and realizing plasma separation, the back surface of the chip filtering layer is plugged with a PDMS plug to form a sample inlet hole, and when the micro-fluidic chip is subjected to sample adding, a miniaturized piston type driving pump interface in the function integrated pump module pierces the PDMS plug from the back surface of the chip filtering layer and starts to sample introduction. A Z-shaped mixing channel which is bent back and forth is designed on the lower layer mixing layer and the upper layer mixing layer and used for mixing plasma and sample diluent, a plurality of detection grooves connected with the tail ends of the Z-shaped mixing channels are designed on the upper layer mixing layer, and lateral flow fluorescent test strips are placed in the detection grooves and used for immunochromatography reaction of a detection sample. The top cover is used for packaging the chip and preventing the micro-fluidic chip from being polluted in long-term storage, a plurality of top cover notches corresponding to the detection grooves are designed on the top cover, and the lateral flow fluorescent test strip in the detection grooves is exposed in the air and used for detecting and reading fluorescent signals.

The invention relates to a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which is characterized in that a fluorescence detection module is positioned right above a microfluidic chip, has the function of realizing excitation and detection of fluorescence signals, and comprises the following components: the system comprises an ultraviolet LED lamp fixing frame, an ultraviolet LED lamp, a convex lens fixing frame and a convex lens, wherein ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is focused by the convex lens, so that ultraviolet light spots with uniform brightness are obtained and irradiate a plurality of color-developing areas on lateral flow fluorescent test strips on a microfluidic chip, so that excitation of fluorescent signals on the lateral flow fluorescent test strips is completed, and negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescent signals.

The device for automatically detecting tuberculosis is characterized in that the function integration pump integrates the functions of sucking a detection sample by the miniature piston type driving pump and pumping the detection sample out by the fluid driving pump, the initial position of the movement of the piston of the miniature piston type driving pump is positioned by the aid of the touch switch, and the movement distance of the piston of the miniature piston type driving pump is determined by controlling the movement time of the direct current motor, so that accurate quantitative control of fluid is realized. On the other hand, by combining the incubation module with the miniaturized piston-driven pump, incubation of the whole blood sample in the miniaturized piston-driven pump can be realized, thereby completing the culture of bacteria. And finally, proportionally pumping the sample diluent and the whole blood sample into the microfluidic chip by a control function integrated pump, separating the plasma of the whole blood sample in a chip filtering layer, proportionally mixing the plasma and the sample diluent in a lower mixed layer and an upper mixed layer of the chip, driving the mixed solution with a fixed volume onto a lateral flow fluorescent test strip in the microfluidic chip to complete immunochromatography reaction, and reading a fluorescent signal on the corresponding lateral flow fluorescent test strip by simultaneously carrying out immunochromatography reaction on a plurality of detection samples, thereby realizing the positive and negative interpretation of tuberculosis detection results.

The device for automatically detecting tuberculosis has the beneficial effects that:

The invention relates to a device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, which can realize that: the method comprises the steps of sucking and pumping out a reagent sample in tuberculosis detection, pretreating the reagent sample and reacting and detecting the reagent sample. The tuberculosis automatic detection device realizes the integration, integration and automation of the functions of reagent sample pretreatment, reagent fluid control and reagent sample reaction and detection.

The device for automatically detecting tuberculosis integrates functions of a miniaturized piston type driving pump, a fluid driving pump, a incubator and the like into one function integrated pump, has complete functions, and has the advantages of convenience in operation, simple structure, low cost and the like.

According to the device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, the function integration pump module is matched with the liquid storage module, the chip movement module and the fluorescence detection module in the device, so that the functions of simultaneously sucking, culturing, pumping out, reacting, detecting and the like of a plurality of groups of tuberculosis reagents can be realized, high-flux tuberculosis detection is easy to realize, and the tuberculosis detection efficiency is effectively improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for automatic detection of tuberculosis.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram (front) of the structure of a functional integrated pump module in an apparatus for automatic detection of tuberculosis.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram (back side) of a functionally integrated pump module in an apparatus for automated tuberculosis detection.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a chip motion module in an apparatus for automatic detection of tuberculosis.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a microfluidic chip structure in a chip motion module of an apparatus for automatic detection of tuberculosis.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a fluorescence detection module in an apparatus for automatic detection of tuberculosis.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of one embodiment of an apparatus for automated tuberculosis detection.

In the figure:

1-1-EP test tubes; 1-2-test tube rack; 1-3-optical axis; 1-4-threaded rod; 1-5-a direct current motor;

2-1-a bottom plate; 2-2-sliding platform; 2-3-top plate; 2-4-grating; 2-5-optical coupler; 2-6-touch switch one;

2-7-aluminum heat-conducting plate; 2-8-temperature sensor caulking groove; 2-9-a miniaturized piston-driven pump interface; 2-10-a miniaturized piston-type driving pump body;

2-11-miniaturized piston-driven pump pistons; 2-12-step motor; 2-13-bearing; 2-14-touch switch two;

2-15-polyimide electrothermal film; 2-16-a direct current motor I; 2-17-a direct current motor II;

3-1-microfluidic chip; 3-2-chip rack; 3-3-direct current motor; 3-4-rotation axis; 3-5-optical axis;

3-11-chip filtration layer; 3-11-1-whole blood filtering membrane; 3-12-lower mixed layer; 3-13-upper mixed layer;

3-13-2-lateral flow fluorescent test strips; 3-14-top cover; 3-14-1-cap notch.

4-1-LED ultraviolet lamp fixing frame; 4-2-convex lens fixing frame; 4-3-convex lens.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention is described in detail and fully with reference to fig. 1 to 6 of the drawings. It is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and that it is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed. The following description of the embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. Meanwhile, the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for convenience of description.

A device for tuberculosis automated inspection, from the bottom up includes in proper order: the device comprises a liquid storage module, a function integrated pump module, a micro-fluidic chip module and a fluorescence detection module. The functional integrated pump in the functional integrated pump module realizes 180-degree turnover, can be butted with a liquid storage module positioned right below the functional integrated pump module when the functional integrated pump module is turned to a vertical downward direction, extracts a detection sample or buffer liquid with a certain volume, then, the functional integrated pump is turned to a vertical upward state, and completes the pretreatment of the detection sample, including 24-hour cell culture and erythrocyte sedimentation, and then, the functional integrated pump is butted with a micro-fluidic chip module positioned right above the functional integrated pump module, so that the mixing, driving and lateral flow immunoreaction of the detection sample are completed. The fluorescence detection modules are positioned at two sides above the microfluidic chip module, ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is utilized to excite fluorescence signals on the lateral flow fluorescence test strips 3-13-2 integrated in the microfluidic chip 3-1, and the negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescence signals.

The liquid storage module is positioned at the bottom of the device and comprises a test tube rack 1-2, an EP test tube 1-1 and a matched control system thereof. The test tube rack 1-2 is provided with a plurality of through holes and a threaded hole, the through holes are used for storing a plurality of EP test tubes 1-1 filled with detection samples, the threaded hole is combined with the threaded rod 1-4, the threaded rod 1-4 is locked with a rotating shaft of the direct current motor 1-5, the direct current motor 1-5 is controlled to rotate forward and backward, the threaded rod 1-4 is driven to rotate, and therefore the test tube rack 1-2 is driven to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction along the optical axis 1-3.

Function integrated pump module is located the stock solution module directly over, and function integrated pump comprises the miniaturized piston driving pump of the similar syringe of structure, incubation module and its supporting control system, and it constitutes from the bottom up and is in proper order: in the function integrated pump, two optical axes penetrate through the sliding platform 2-2 to lock the bottom plate 2-1, the sliding platform 2-2 and the top plate 2-3, and rotating shafts of the direct current motor I2-16 and the direct current motor II 2-17 are provided with threads which can be combined with two threaded holes on the sliding platform 2-2 to control the rotation (forward rotation or reverse rotation) of the direct current motor I2-16 and the direct current motor II 2-17 and drive the sliding platform 2-2 to do controllable up-and-down motion in the vertical direction.

the miniature piston type driving pump consists of a miniature piston type driving pump interface 2-9, a miniature piston type driving pump body 2-10 and a miniature piston type driving pump piston 2-11, the miniature piston type driving pump is fixed on two sides of the function integrated pump, the miniature piston type driving pump piston 2-11 is fixed with the sliding platform 2-2, the miniature piston type driving pump body 2-10 is fixed with the top plate 2-3, the forward and reverse rotation of the direct current motor I2-16 and the direct current motor II 2-17 is controlled, the sliding platform 2-2 is driven to do controllable up-and-down movement in the vertical direction, and therefore the pulling and pushing movement of the miniature piston type driving pump piston 2-11 is achieved, and the sucking and pumping out of a detection sample by the miniature piston type driving pump are achieved. The initial position of the movement of the sliding platform 2-2 is assisted and positioned by the first touch switch 2-6 and the second touch switch 2-14, and the final position is determined by adjusting the running time of the direct current motor.

the miniature piston type driving pumps are fixed on two sides of the function integrated pump, the operation object of the miniature piston type driving pump on one side is sample diluent, the operation object on the other side is a whole blood sample, the pulling and pushing movement of the miniature piston type driving pump pistons 2-11 in the miniature piston type driving pumps on the two sides is controlled by the direct current motors I2-16 and the direct current motors II 2-17 respectively, and the sample diluent or the whole blood sample can be controlled to be sucked and pumped out independently.

the temperature incubation module is positioned above the top plate 2-3 of the function integrated pump and is tightly attached to the top plate 2-3, the temperature incubation module is composed of an aluminum heat conduction plate 2-7 and a polyimide electrothermal film 2-15, one side of the aluminum heat conduction plate 2-7 is of a semi-surrounding structure, the aluminum heat conduction plate 2-7 is tightly attached to the miniaturized piston type driving pump at one side of the function integrated pump, the polyimide electrothermal film 2-15 is attached to the other side of the aluminum heat conduction plate, the polyimide electrothermal film 2-15 is used as a heating source, heat is transferred to a plurality of miniaturized piston type driving pumps absorbing whole blood through the aluminum heat conduction plate 2-7, and therefore temperature incubation of the whole blood sample. A temperature sensor caulking groove 2-8 is designed in the aluminum heat conduction plate 2-7 and used for storing a temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor is used for collecting temperature data and feeding back the temperature data to the control system so as to realize closed-loop control of temperature and realize constant-temperature incubation.

The control system for overturning the function integrated pump is driven by a stepping motor 2-12, a rotating shaft of the stepping motor 2-12 is locked with a bottom plate 2-1 of the function integrated pump, a locking structure is embedded into a bearing 2-13, and the locking structure rotates inside the bearing 2-13. The positive rotation and the negative rotation of the stepping motors 2-12 are controlled to drive the bottom plate 2-1 of the function integrated pump to turn over, so that the function integrated pump can turn over from 0-180 degrees, and the grating 2-3 and the optocoupler 2-4 are used for assisting in positioning the turning angle.

The micro-fluidic chip module is positioned right above the functional integrated pump module and comprises the following components: a micro-fluidic chip 3-1, a chip frame 3-2 and a matched control system. The chip frame 3-2 is provided with two through holes and a threaded hole, an optical axis 3-5 is inserted into the two through holes, the microfluidic chip module is fixed right above the function integrated pump module, the threaded hole is combined with a rotating shaft 3-4 with threads of the direct current motor 3-3, and the chip frame 3-2 can be driven to move by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the direct current motor 3-3, so that the chip frame 3-2 is driven to do controllable up-and-down movement in the vertical direction along the optical axis 3-5, and the controllable up-and-down movement of the microfluidic chip 3-1 in the vertical direction is realized.

The microfluidic chip 3-1 in the microfluidic chip module can be inserted into the chip frame 3-2, and the microfluidic chip 3-1 is divided into four layers, namely a chip filtering layer 3-11, a lower mixed layer 3-12, an upper mixed layer 3-13 and a top cover 3-14 from bottom to top. The upper surface of the chip filtering layer 3-11 is fixed with a whole blood filtering membrane 3-11-1, the whole blood filtering membrane 3-11-1 is used for filtering red blood cells to realize plasma separation, the back surface of the chip filtering layer 3-11 is plugged with a PDMS plug, and when the micro-fluidic chip 3-1 is subjected to sample adding, the miniature piston type driving pump interface 2-9 in the function integrated pump module pierces the PDMS plug from the back surface of the chip filtering layer 3-11 to start sample introduction. Z-shaped mixing channels which are bent back and forth are designed on the lower mixed layer 3-12 and the upper mixed layer 3-13 and are used for mixing blood plasma and sample diluent, a plurality of detection grooves connected with the tail ends of the Z-shaped mixing channels are designed on the upper mixed layer 3-13, and lateral flow fluorescent test strips 3-13-2 are placed in the detection grooves and are used for detecting the immunochromatographic reaction of a sample. The top cover 3-14 is used for packaging the chip and preventing the chip from being polluted in long-term storage, a plurality of top cover notches 3-14-1 corresponding to the detection grooves are designed on the top cover 3-14, and the lateral flow fluorescent test strip 3-13-2 in the detection grooves is exposed in the air and used for detecting and reading fluorescent signals.

The fluorescence detection module is positioned right above the microfluidic chip 3-1, has the functions of realizing excitation and detection of fluorescence signals, and comprises the following components: the device comprises an ultraviolet LED lamp fixing frame 4-1, an ultraviolet LED lamp, a convex lens fixing frame 4-2 and a convex lens 4-3, wherein the convex lens 4-3 is installed on the convex lens fixing frame 4-2, ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet LED lamp is focused through the convex lens 4-3, ultraviolet light spots with uniform brightness are obtained and irradiate a color-developable area on a plurality of lateral flow fluorescent test strips 3-13-2 on a microfluidic chip 3-1, excitation of fluorescent signals on the lateral flow fluorescent test strips 3-13-2 is completed, and negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results is realized by collecting and processing the fluorescent signals.

according to the device for automatically detecting tuberculosis, on one hand, the function integration pump integrates the functions of sucking a detection sample by the miniature piston type driving pump and pumping the detection sample out by the fluid driving pump, the initial position of the movement of the piston 2-11 of the miniature piston type driving pump is positioned by the aid of the touch switch, and the movement distance of the piston 2-11 of the miniature piston type driving pump is determined by controlling the movement time of the direct current motor, so that the accurate control of fluid quantification is realized. On the other hand, by combining the incubation module with the miniaturized piston-driven pump, incubation of the whole blood sample in the miniaturized piston-driven pump can be realized, thereby completing the culture of bacteria. Finally, proportionally pumping the sample diluent and the whole blood sample into the microfluidic chip 3-1 by a control function integrated pump, completing plasma separation of the whole blood sample in a chip filtering layer 3-11, completing proportional mixing of the plasma and the whole blood sample diluent in a lower mixed layer 3-12 and an upper mixed layer 3-13 of the microfluidic chip, driving a mixed solution with a fixed volume onto the lateral flow fluorescent test strip 3-13-2 in the microfluidic chip 3-1 to complete an immunochromatography reaction, and reading a fluorescent signal on the corresponding lateral flow fluorescent test strip 3-13-2 by simultaneously performing the immunochromatography reaction on a plurality of detection samples, thereby realizing negative and positive interpretation of tuberculosis detection results.

The operation process of one embodiment of the invention is as follows: first, 3mL of the sample diluent and 3mL of the whole blood sample were each loaded at 1 mL/tube into six EP tubes 1-1. The miniature piston type driving pump in the function integrated pump module is in a vertical upward state, the step motor 2-12 in the function integrated pump module is controlled to drive the function integrated pump to turn over 180 degrees downwards, six miniature piston type driving pump interfaces 2-9 are respectively aligned with the center of an EP test tube 1-1, a direct current motor 1-5 in the liquid storage module is controlled to drive a test tube rack 1-2 to move upwards and complete butt joint with the function integrated pump module, the miniature piston type driving pump interfaces 2-9 are inserted into the EP test tube 1-1, a direct current motor I2-16 and a direct current motor II 2-17 in the function integrated pump module are controlled to rotate to drive a sliding platform 2-2 to move, so that the miniature piston type driving pump pistons 2-11 are pulled to complete suction of the miniature piston type driving pump on sample diluent and whole blood samples, controlling a stepping motor 2-12 in the function integrated pump module to drive the function integrated pump to upwards overturn for 180 degrees, enabling a miniaturized piston type driving pump interface to be in a vertically upward state, starting an incubation module, starting incubation on a whole blood sample, completing bacterial culture, and stopping heating after 24 hours to complete incubation. Then, a first direct current motor 2-16 and a second direct current motor 2-17 in the control function integrated pump module rotate to drive a sliding platform 2-2 to move, so that a miniaturized piston type drive pump piston 2-11 is pushed, sample diluent and a whole blood sample are pumped into a micro-fluidic chip 3-1, the whole blood sample flows through a chip filter layer 3-11 in the micro-fluidic chip 3-1 to complete plasma separation, then, a reagent sample is continuously pumped out to enable the plasma and the sample diluent to complete fluid mixing and quantification in the micro-fluidic chip 3-1, finally, 70 mu L of mixed liquid of the plasma and the sample diluent is pumped out to a lateral flow fluorescent paper strip 3-13-2 to perform a chromatography reaction, and the time is waited for 15 minutes. And finally, starting an LED ultraviolet lamp in the fluorescence detection module, exciting a fluorescence signal on the lateral flow fluorescence paper strips 3-13-2, and acquiring and processing the fluorescence signal to realize the negative and positive interpretation of the tuberculosis detection result.

The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. The embodiment is described in order to better explain the principle and practical application of the present invention and to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the present invention, and all simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made according to the embodiment are within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.