cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer

IVD For in vitro diagnostic use.

Automation of the gold standard¹

The cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer automates manual microscopy, the gold standard1 in urine sediment analysis. The analyzer standardizes and automates all manual steps, removes operator intervention, and increases efficiency.2

Two laboratory technicians using the touchscreen on the cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer.
Benefits at a glance

Benefits at a glance

The automation provided by the cobas u 701 microscopy analyzer minimizes operator intervention and improves turn around time (TAT) for sediment analysis. It standardizes all steps of the process, leading to repeatable and reliable results.

The cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer uses a digital microscope to take high-power field (HPF) images that are known from manual microscopy. The system automatically analyzes the particles of these images with a neural network-based algorithm. The operator can simply validate the results and perform advanced result evaluation directly on the user interface of the analyzer.

The cobas u 701 microscopy analyzer uses a database with reference images to evaluate the 11 individual sediment particle types in the digital image. A multicenter evaluation proved the accuracy and reliability of the system performance.3

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Product specification 

Value

Fully automated 

Fully automated urine microscopy system 

Parameters 

11 onboard parameters 

Reagent-free

Reagent-free system 

Throughput 

116 samples/hour

Cuvettes 

400 cuvettes per cassette (cobas u cuvette)

Storage 

Storage of digital microscopy images 

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cobas® urine analyzer comparison overview

cobas® u 601 urine analyzer
cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer
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Automation
fully automated strip analyzer
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Semi-automated bench top system
Semi-quantitative hand held device
Throughput
240 samples/hour
116 samples/hour
30-100 samples/day
50 samples/day
Test parameters
12
11
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cobas® 6500 urine analyzer series: A fully automated urine workflow.

Built with a modular design, the system combines the cobas® u 601 urine analyzer and cobas® u 701 microscopy analyzer into a fully automated urine work area.

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References

  1. Delanghe, J., Speeckaert, M. (2014). Preanalytical requirements of urinalysis. Biochemia Medica 24(1),89-104, 894.
  2. Cho, E.-J., Ko, D.-H. (2018). The efficient workflow to decrease the manual microscopic examination of urine sediment using on-screen review of images. Clinical Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.04.008
  3. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (2018). cobas® 6500 urine analyzer series performance evaluation: Study report from a multicenter evaluation of the cobas u 601, cobas u 701 and cobas® 6500 systems. Switzerland: Roche Diagnostics International Ltd.