INTEGRATED APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT INFLAMMATORY STATES PRESENT IN A SAMPLE OF WHOLE BLOOD

摘要

An integrated apparatus (10) for detecting inflammatory states present in a sample (11) of whole blood comprises a detection unit (12) to detect the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of the sample, indicative of the inflammatory states present in said sample (11) and a lysis reactor (13) in order to achieve a lysis reaction of a part of the sample (11) to obtain a lysed sample. The integrated apparatus (10) also comprises a first reaction unit (14) to perform at least an immunological reaction between a part of said lysed sample and a latex (21, 22, 23, 24) suitably sensitized so as to cause the immunological reaction and optical means (16) to measure the kinetics of the immunological reaction, indicative of the inflammatory states present in the sample (11).