Urinalysis is everyday work in pet hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, and the VS-Pro handles the sediment stage. RWD presents the analyser's results as a key basis for diagnosing urinary system diseases in pets, making it ideal wherever a urine sample needs on-site sediment examination.
A test starts with a fresh urine sample of at least 0.5 ml. Using the supplied pipettor, the operator fills a counting chamber with 175 µL, places it in the analyser and presses the button. The analyser then spins the chamber at 2000 rpm for 30 seconds, focuses, and photographs 70 sites with its 1280 × 960 camera before neural-network recognition sorts and counts the sediment.
About five minutes after the press, the result lists the cells, crystals, casts, and bacteria it has found, quantitatively or semi-quantitatively. It identifies particles between 2 and 90 µm, so the smallest elements it reads are bacteria and the largest are casts. The veterinary surgeon then interprets the result alongside the rest of the case.
Veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laboratory staff can all run it. RWD's stated aim is an analyser that is safe, stable, and simple enough for novices to pick up quickly, suited to a bench shared by several people throughout the day.
Upkeep centres on consumables and software. Counting chambers come in bins of four cylinders holding 50 each, and quality control liquid comes in high and low levels. A cloud connection brings timely warnings and upgrades, as RWD develops the recognition algorithm for rare samples.