Mythic 22 Workbook-V3 PDF
Mythic 22 Workbook-V3 PDF
Mythic 22 Workbook-V3 PDF
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Section 1……………………………Overview
Section 2…………………………..User Interface
Section 3…………………………..Mythic™22 Fluidic
Section 4…………………………..Mythic™22 Electronic
Section 5…………………………..Mythic™22 Mechanic
Section 6…………………………..Mythic™22 Optic
Section 7…………………………..Mythic™22 Heater
Section 8…………………………..Technical Notes
Section 9…………………………..Mythic™22 CT – Cap piercing module
Power Switch
TFT Display
touchscreen
Numerical
Keyboard
Status Indicator
LED
USB ports
TCP/IP port
Barcode
reader
Waste
connector RS232 port
Diluent
connector Centronic port
24 V Power
supply
External connector
grounding
Lyse solution
Straw
Cleaner Straw
Physical dimensions
Dimension Instrument
Height 350 mm
Width 250 mm
Depth 340 mm
Weight 12 kg
Learning Objectives.
Operator Screens.
Technician Screen.
Section 2 will explain the user and service interface. After reviewing
this section of the workbook you should be able to do the following:
1- Password:
2- Language:
The USB key must be formatted before any use. The format should be done
on the Mythic 18.
How to proceed?
o One of the two USB port for the Mythic 18 equipped with normal USB port.
o The USB port on the lower position for the Mythic 18 equipped with small
USB port (like camera USB port).
o If the USB key is not compatible, a prompt will appear to inform you. In
this way, try another one.
NOTE: The format is done in FAT16. For this reason it is not necessary to
equip the Mythic 18 with a USB key with a capacity higher than 2 Gb.
2 Gb capacity = Around 60.000 patients.
128 Mb capacity = Around 10.000 patients.
Once your USB key is formatted, you can start to work with it.
1/ Common datas
RESULTS\ 0047.CSV Result analysis One sub folder per Year/month (YYYY- ASCII + UTF-8
(sequence number. CSV) MM), current unit
YYYY-MM\
One sub folder per day (DD), YES / YES
DD One file per result
Limited to 510 files
SETTINGS TECH.SET Private analyzer settings One file ASCII + UTF-8
YES / YES
REAGENTS REAGLOGS.CSV Private reagents log One file ASCII
YES / YES
Two cases:
All the patient results will be saved on the internal memory of the instrument.
NOTE: The capacity of the internal memory is 1.500 patient results instead of
500 in the previous version.
When the key will be locked on the instrument, the Mythic 18 will ask you if
you want to transfer the data on the USB. In this way, these data will be
erased from the internal memory.
If you have activated the option Real time runs save in the Storage Options,
all the results from the patient will be directly saved on the USB key.
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New printer options:
With the upgrade 2.0.0-009 or higher, we provide you with two USB drivers:
- 1st driver is a PCL3 driver, common to many USB printers.
- 2nd driver is a PCL6 driver, used by Laser Color printer like HP Color
Laserjet 2605.
In the Advanced Set-up you can select 3 new options in the Printer menu:
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o Check box inactivated: QC run not printed.
Archive of patients:
In the previous version, all the patients were archived in the same table from
1 to 500 (max.).
With this new version, each patient result is archived in list of the day with
the following architecture:
- YY/MM1
o dd1
o dd2
o etc …
- YY/MM2
o dd1
o dd2
o etc …
- etc …
Step 1:
To display one result for one patient, you just
need to load the list of the day while pressing the
DATE button in the ARCHIVE menu.
Step 2:
Select either “INTERNAL MEMORY” or
“MASS STORAGE”
INTERNAL MEMORY = Mythic 18 memory
MASS STORAGE = USB Drive.
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Step 3:
From the archive menu, it is possible to save some results from the internal
memory to the USB drive.
To proceed, press on TOOLS from the main screen of the archive menu, select
the days you want to save, press SAVE.
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New communication protocol
With the update version 2.0.0-009 or higher, it is now possible to connect the
Mythic 22 either with RS232 cable or using TCP/IP protocol.
This new option is available in Set-up, Advanced, and Communications.
Due to the new functionalities on the Mythic 22, please refer to the document
“CP.pdf” to modify the communication protocol for the existing connection.
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Operator Screens – Main Menu
Mythic S/N
Password
SW version
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Operator Screens – Reagents
Note: Either you change one reagent and you prime this
reagent or you change all the reagents and you prime all.
Input
The lot diluent
Expiry date
Volume of
container in ml.
Press Change
Reagent to
confirm.
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Operator Screens – Calibration
3. Press load on the previous menu 4. Press Result and run calibrator
and select a lot. at least in triplicate.
Press Calibration to calibrate.
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Operator Screens – Quality controls
3. Press Load on the previous menu, 4. Run your control selecting Result
and then, select the file you need
to load, finish by Load.
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Operator Screens – Set Up
Format : Shell
Bauds : 115200
Parity : None
Stop Bit : 1
Flow : No
Length : 8
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Operator Screens – Set Up
Default parameters :
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Operator screens – SVM Connection
Mythic 18 PC
DB9 male DB9 Female
1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CD
2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 RXD
3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 TXD
4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 DTR
5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 GND
6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 DSR
7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 RTS
8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 CTS
9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 RI
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Technician Menu
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Technician Menu – Mechanics
Pressure:
In the stand by mode, the pressure is 0.
To check a leak of pressure:
Run a cycle (Run Analysis)
Stop the cycle by pressing the ON/OFF button,
when pistons are in medium position.
Go to Check Sensors.
Check the value for Pressure.
This value must be unchanged along the time.
If the pressure decreases, check the tubing and
the syringe block.
HGB sensor:
If the LED is OFF, the value must be around 0.
If the LED is ON (turn ON in the previous
menu), the value must be between 850 and
950.
WBC and RBC sensors:
In Stand by mode, the values are less than 30.
These values are measured directly on the
preamplifier board.
If one or both values are higher (higher than
100), check for interferences inside the machine
or check for an interference source outside the
machine.
Temperature:
3 sensors allow checking the temperature inside
and outside the instrument.
Temperature (Near Pressure): gives the room
temperature.
Enclosure Temperature: gives the temperature
inside the machine.
Reagent temperature: gives the temperature in
the reagent heater
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Technician Menu – Technician part
Note: This part is only available with the technician password: 2TEC
CO=Aperture Current.
To check the current inside the counting
bath.
Turn 0N by pressing the button.
Open the fluidic door.
Put a pin of the voltmeter inside the courting
bath, a pin to the ground.
Measure the voltage.
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Technician Menu – Technician part
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Section 3: Mythic™22 fluidic
Learning Objectives.
Fluidic diagram.
The different modules.
o Sampling module
o Counting module
o Syringe module
Troubleshooting on the fluidic part.
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Learning Objectives
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General fluidic diagram
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Fluidic cycles description:
Sampling cycle
5- Syringe down
WBC bath drain (valve 1 ON)
Tubing transfer drain (valve 11+14 ON)
6- Syringe up
Second outside needle cleaning (~1.5 ml) (valve 4 ON)
Waste syringe drain (valve 7 ON)
7- Syringe down
WBC bath drain (valve 1 ON)
8- Syringe up
Waste syringe drain (valve 7 ON)
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Fluidic cycles description:
Sample dilution
WBC Dilution
14- Syringe up
Second outside needle cleaning (~0.9 ml) (valve 4+8 ON)
Lysis in the WBC bath (0,73 ml) (valve 9 ON)
Bubble to mix the dilution (valve 1 ON)
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Fluidic cycles description:
Measurement:
20- Syringe up
Diluent back pressure (valve 4+6 ON)
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Fluidic cycles description:
23- Cleaning
Cleaning the apertures (valve 11 ON)
Back pressure in the injector (valve 4+13+14 ON)
25- Syringe up
RBC bath rinse diluent (~2 ml) (valve 4 ON)
Waste syringe drain (valve 7 ON)
28- Syringe up
WBC bath rinse diluent (~2.5 ml) (valve 4 ON)
Waste syringe drain (valve 7 ON)
31- Syringe up
Waste syringe drain (valve 7 ON)
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Fluidic modules: Sampling module
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Fluidic modules: Counting module
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Fluidic modules: Syringe module
Note1:
For
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replacement of the O-rings on the syringe block, please refer to the
Mythic™18 service manual.
Note2: The O-rings on the seal plate of the syringes module are
greased in the factory, as well as the pistons. It is very important
that the greasing of these parts is maintained all the time. We
recommend greasing the pistons every 6 months and the O-
rings once per year. The pistons can be greased by the customer.
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Fluidic modules: Tubing connection
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View n° 3 - Syringes body
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Fluidic troubleshooting: Clogging
WBC: --- *
RBC: --- *
PLT: --- *
Or
In any case, the flags “W_CL” or “R_CL” appear in the flag box
below the results.
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Service Menu
Hydraulic
Cleaning
End of
OK Run Sample
service
NO
Backflush
OK
Run Sample
NO
OK Run Sample
NO
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- Drop of blood on the needle.
It could happen that you observe a drop of blood falling from the
needle after the blood aspiration.
Rinsing
head
Tubing
n°10 :
Tubing n°21 :
Aspiration
Diluent tubing
tubing
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Remove the rinsing head from the rocker
NO
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Fluidic troubleshooting: Leak of pressure
1- Diagnosis
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Login as Technician
Run analysis
1/ Service Menu
2/ Mechanics
3/ Check sensors
PRESSURE Check the value of the pressure. Should be stable along the time.
Check leak of liquid
STABLE If the pressure is decreasing, leak of pressure
PRESSURE UNSTABLE
NO
End of service
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Fluidic troubleshooting: Leak of pressure
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Section 4: Mythic™22 Electronic
Learning Objectives.
Electronic diagram.
Boards description.
Wiring description.
Valves replacement.
Electronic gain adjustment.
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Learning Objectives
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Mythic™22 Electronic: General electronic diagram
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Main Board – Main components
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CMD Rocker
+60 V DC
CMD Nee
+3.3V DC
CMD Syring
CMD Count
EV
+ 5V DC
Pulse proce
logic
DRAM
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Main Board – Voltage check points
+3.3 V DC
+ 5 V DC
+60 V DC
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Preamplifier board
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Mythic™22 Electronic: GUI board & Calibration of the
touchscreen
NOTE:
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Mythic™22 Electronic: General wiring
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Main wiring
Door switch
Counting EV
Rocker Optical
Sensor
Needle motor
Motor
syringe Rocker motor
Syringe Optical
Sensor
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Valves replacement
Note:
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Mythic™18 Electronic: Valves replacement
WARNING
EV 3/2 Ø 1.6mm
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Electronic gain adjustment
Note1:
Main board
Preamplifier board
Counting chamber
Counting heads
Note2:
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Electronic gain adjustment
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Mythic™22 Electronic: Electronic gain adjustment
- Wait the end of the cycle and check that values are inside the following range:
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Mythic 18 Gain Mean Range
WBC Between 210 and 242 Between 66 and 72
Mythic 22 Gain Mean Range
WBC Between 160 and 220 Between 53 and 72
- Wait the end of the cycle and check that values are inside the following range:
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Electronic troubleshooting: WBC, RBC or PLT bad results?
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Section 5: Mythic™22 mechanic
Learning Objectives.
Syringe motor sub-assembly and greasing
Sampling module and greasing
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Learning Objectives
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Mythic™22 mechanic: Syringe motor sub-assembly
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Mythic™22 mechanic: Sampling module
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Section 6: Mythic™22 optical part
Learning Objectives.
Optical manifold.
Optical bench.
Transverse adjustment.
Optical electronic gain adjustment.
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Learning Objectives
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Important Note:
Today only the complete optical module (Optical bench, P/N: 005-1002-
01 01) or the flow cell (Optical flow cell P/N: 005-1002-02 01) can be
replaced on customer site.
The only adjustment required after module or flow cell replacement is the
transverse lens support adjustment, as we well see hereafter
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical Manifold
1. Tubing position
2. Valves position
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical Manifold
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical Manifold Troubleshooting
1. Check all solenoid valves (Service > Mechanics > Check Valves>Open/close). You
must hear distinctly the state changing.
2. Check the different steps in the WBC bath (empting, filling, dilution,
homogenization, lysing, etc…)
3. Check if the tubing #48 makes the loop against the illumination part.
This position avoid pushing micro bubbles in the injector during the measurement,
those bubbles will stay in the high part of the loop and will be evacuated at the
end of the cycle.
4. Check if the tubing #48 is emptied and filled properly during the cycle.
a. At the beginning of the cycle, at the end of the WBC bath emptying, the
tubing #48 must be completely empty.
b. During the cycle, just after the second homogenization in the WBC bath,
the tubing #48 must be completely filled with the blood sample present in
the WBC bath.
Check if the hydraulic “T” on the WBC bath is not damaged, which
could cause a pressure difference.
Check tubing # 56, 55 and 47 (refresh if necessary)
Check tubing # 37, 5, 6 (they could be pitched when the fluidic
door is closed, which could generate problems for the tubing #48
empting and filling)
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical bench
In order to get the best possible SNR (Signal Noise Ratio) for the optical
measurement, dimensions of the optical interrogation zone have to be close to
the sample flow diameter .
Since optical interrogation zone is a rectangular area of 110µm 30µm and
sample flow has a diameter of 80µm, their relative positioning has a tolerance
of 15µm.
Such a tolerance can not directly be reached when stacking the several
mechanical parts of the optical bench: an alignment is thus required.
So, the alignment basically comes from the need of high accuracy positioning
of the light beam with respect to the sample flow.
In the Mythic22 optical setup, the flow cell is static (i.e. the sample flow
position is fixed) but the light beam is shifted either longitudinally or
transversally (see Fig. 2.2a) for the optical interrogation zone to match the
sample flow.
In particular, maintenance or replacement of the flow cell has not impact onto
longitudinal alignment.
If screws that lock illumination module are released by mistake, the whole
optical bench has to be sent to the factory for full re-alignment.
The transverse position of the light beam with respect to the fixed sample flow
(see Fig. 1) has to be adjusted when the flow cell is removed and replaced. It
might also be necessary to adjust this position when unpacking the instrument
after shipping.
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Figure 1 - Light beam transverse shift
The sample flow nominal position is represented on figure 2.3c, the sample
flow transverse position is correct when its cross section is fully included inside
the interrogation zone as represented on figure 4.
Thus, the transverse adjustment is a process that allows to moves the light
beam from a random transverse position to the nominal one represented on
Fig. 4.
Transverse adjustment relies on the use of Latex beads with a mean diameter
of 7µm. Those latex beads have diameter variations of less than 1% from one
bead to the other, so they can all be considered as perfectly identical.
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Figure 3 - When particles pass the blue Figure 4 - When the sample
interrogation zone near the left or right flow is fully inside the zone,
boundaries, their amount of received particles can no more reach
light drops. the interrogation zone
boundaries. They are equally
illuminated
Since all latex particles are identical, it is obvious that light pulses generated
by the optics should also be identical when the system is properly aligned (as
represented on Fig. 6).
If the sample flow is not fully included in the interrogation zone (Fig. 2.2c),
some of the latex beads will not be fully illuminated as they are located at the
zone boundary (see particle #3 of Fig. 3) .
Figure 5 - The less the particle is Figure 6 - When particles are equally
illuminated, the weakest is the illuminated, all light pulses have nearly
amplitude the same amplitude.
So, when the system is not properly aligned, particles receive different amount
of light which, in turns, leads to pulses of various amplitude. Thus in that case,
difference between the strongest and the weakest pulse amplitude is quite
large as seen on Fig. 5.
When properly aligned, sample flow is fully included inside the interrogation
zone (Fig. 4) and all particles receive the same amount of light. Pulses
amplitude are then very similar and there’s only a very slight difference
between the strongest and the weakest ones (Fig. 6). This slight remaining
difference comes from the baseline residual noise (Fig. 2.3b).
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2.3 Embedded alignment tool
The red curve is thus representing the MAX values of all packets of 10
particles whilst the black curve represents the MIN values of those batches.
When the light beam is not aligned into the interrogation zone, pulses
amplitude have a very high dispersion (Fig. 5 and 7) so the black MIN curve
values strongly varies over time since it reflects how the particle is outside the
zone.
When the system is properly aligned (Fig. 6 and 8) all particles are equally
illuminated and dispersion of the black MIN curve is very low.
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Figure 9 – Light beam nominal position with
respect to sample flow.
So to align transversally the light beam onto the sample flow, just rotate the
holder (Fig. 2) while both curves are updated. The transverse alignment is
done when fluctuations of the black curve (MIN) drops to the ones depicted
Fig. 8.
Remarks:
- On Fig. 7 and 8, the red curve shows peaks (encircled in green). Those peaks
occur when more than one latex bead enter the interrogation zone. Those
peaks (on the red curve only) have no effect onto the alignment accuracy,
they must be ignored.
- For information purposes, all values are read along one single channel: the
ALL one.
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical bench troubleshooting
Repeat empty cycles few times in order to check if the problem comes back. If
it comes back, investigate on the hydraulic circuit to find the origin of the
bubbles.
Remove the flow cell from the module (2 screws RLX M3x6)
When the flow cell is damaged, the transverse support adjustment is very
difficult.
The curves in the adjustment menu (OPTICAL ADJUST) are much noised,
so the automatic gains adjustment doesn’t work.
It is possible sometime to see visual default on the optical parts after
removal.
Try to clean external area of the 2 optical lens with an alcohol solution.
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical bench troubleshooting
If no, check if the CPU board sends the power supply on the led connector
before to change optical bench (if no, change the CPU board)
There is no pulse on the matrix result and you had checked all
previous items. Replace the CPU board.
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Mythic™22 Optical part: Optical bench troubleshooting
After complete module or just the flow cell replacement, run three empty
cycles in order to remove all air bubbles from the optical hydraulic circuit.
The transverse adjustment must be done after the instrument reaches the
correct temperature.
In “OPTICAL ADJUST” select run and wait the result of the test.
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Note: The black and red curves must be located at the top position of the
graph; they must be as smooth as possible and must be as close as possible.
If it is the case, the transverse support doesn’t need any adjustment.
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Place the 7.0 µm latex solution in sample aspiration position.
In “OPTICAL ADJUST” select «LATEX WBC» and wait the result of the test.
If it is not the case, gently release the transverse holder screw by executing 1
turn in CCW direction (Torx T06)
Put the specific tool «Transverse Adjustment Tool» at its nominal position.
Put the 7.0 µm latex solution in sample aspiration position.
In “OPTICAL ADJUST” select run.
When the curves appear, carefully turn the transverse holder in one way or
the other, in order to define the best adjustment position which gives the best
result regarding the black and red curves.
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Press on «VALID» in order to save in memory the gain adjustment result.
Back to the main menu and perform a run sample on the latex solution.
At the end of the test, press on the screen to obtain a zoom of the matrix.
You must get an oval mark in the left upper part of the screen as showed
below.
Run sample with a fresh blood sample and wait for the result.
At the end of the test, press on the screen to obtain a zoom of the matrix.
Note: The matrix moves to the right when the FSC gain value
increases, it moves to the left when the FSC gain value decreases.
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The matrix moves to the top when the ALL gain value increases, it
moves to the bottom when the ALL gain value decreases.
Gains values
Modify the FSC and/or the ALL gains values in order to put clusters in these
respective boxes. (start with step of 10)
Adjust FSC and/or ALL gains values until you get the right matrix positioning
in accordance with the thresholds.
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Section 7: Mythic™22 heater
Learning Objectives.
Different parts of the Mythic™22 heater.
How to dismantle the heater.
Temperature flagging.
How to unlock the Mythic™22.
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Learning Objectives
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Mythic™22 heater: the different parts of the
module.
Enclosure heater
Heating FAN
Diluent output
Reagent heater
Diluent input
Lyse output
Lyse input
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Mythic™22 heater: Temperature regulation
and associated flagging
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Mythic™22 heater: How to unlock the
system
Note: when the system is locked, only the service engineer can unlock it.
To unlock the instrument, enter the service password (2TEC), and then follow
the next procedure.
Service Menu
Technician Menu
Thermal
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Section 8: Mythic™22 Technical Notes
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INSTALLATION RECOMMENDATIONS
Notice: temperature in the Lab must be between 20° C and 30°C max
The power current with the Mythic must be grounded or (and) the back of the instrument is
grounded properly
Procedure:
1- Unpack the system
2- Plug the power supply
3- Plug reagents
4- Open the door
a. Remove the foam
b. Check needle in the correct position
c. Check counting chamber and counting head in correct position and close the door.
5- Switch on
6- Technician password
7- Set-Up:
a. Date/time in local format
b. Printer (if needed)
c. Print-Out options
d. Lab parameters (if needed)
e. Others options:
i. Autoclean (depend off the load of the instrument: <50 samples/day = 80
(default) , >50 samples/day = 25)
ii. Wake up (min. 30 minutes before sampling work)
iii. Shut down time (time after last measurement, depend of laboratory schedule
and workload )
f. Storage Options: FIFO mode activated if memory stick don’t use.
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8- Reagents :
a. Expiry date
b. Lot number
c. Volume
Waste: capacity (stand on the floor)
9- Diluent: always stand at same level of the machine.
10- Prime All x 2
11- Start-up (check ground values following the user manual)
12- Calibration ( 3 replicates at least)
13- QC
14- Repeatability (check CV, report to the user’s manual for acceptable range )
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Adjustments to perform using latex and G-Cal
Procedure:
1- With WBC latex if change of:
a. CPU Board
b. Preamplifier board
c. WBC counting head
d. Counting chamber
e. Flow cell
f. Optical bench
a. CPU board
b. Preamplifier board
c. RBC counting head
d. Counting chamber
a. Flow cell
b. Optical bench
WARNING: When latex is performed to adjust the WBC, RBC and PLT gain, it is
important to calibrate these parameters using Myt-CAL from Orphée.
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MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
Procedure:
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Workload < 50 samples/day
Every 4 months
Check points:
Mechanical grease:
- Endless screw
- Guide piston motor
- Guide needle
Plastic grease:
- Syringes
- O-ring counting chamber
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Cleaning:
- Counting chambers (be careful with the electrode inside the chamber)
- Screen
- Bleach
Adjustment:
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Workload > 50 samples/day
Or 24 hours to 24 hours
Every 3 months
Check points:
Greasing:
Mechanical grease:
- Endless screw
- Guide piston motor
- Guide needle
Plastic grease:
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Silicon grease:
- Syringes
- O-ring counting chamber
Cleaning:
- Counting chambers (be careful with the electrode inside the chamber)
- Screen
- Bleach
Adjustment:
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Workload < 50 samples/day
Change:
Mechanical grease:
- Endless screw
- Guide piston motor
- Guide needle
Plastic grease:
- Syringes
- O-rings
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Cleaning:
- Counting chambers (be careful with the electrode inside the chamber)
- Screen
- Bleach
Adjustment:
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Workload > 50 samples/day
Or 24 hours to 24 hours
Every year
Change:
Mechanical grease:
- Endless screw
- Guide piston motor
- Guide needle
Plastic grease:
- Syringes
- O-rings
Cleaning:
- Counting chambers (be careful with the electrode inside the chamber)
- Screen
- Bleach
Adjustment:
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List of spare parts, reagents and tools required:
- Minimum Tools:
- Spare Parts:
- Reagents:
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Sensors and electronic gain values
Gain Values, Results reading and channels in Prod Adjust and Optical Adjust
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How to use and interpret the ratio O-CL (Only available from version 2.3.0)
With super-technician password, the ratio for the optic is added from Run Sample
Menu. See description below to check this value.
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iii. Check the ratio in O-CL.
If the ratio is low (<30%), it means that the nozzle is clogged. Generally, the
flag O-CL will appear on the result of the patient.
The ratio O-CL enables to follow the status of the injector. With a new
machine, the ratio should be between 75% and 125%. During the time, if this
value decreases, it means that the nozzle could be partially clogged or
clogged:
- If 10%<O-CL<30%: Partially clogged (flag OPT-)
- If O-CL<10%: Clogged (flag O-CL)
- If the value is 50% on different samples (don’t take the value on one
sample), clean the system while bleaching.
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Mythic™22 Service engineer training workbook
Learning Objectives.
Different parts of the module.
Difference between Mythic 22 OT and Mythic 22 CT.
Learning Objectives
Section 7 will explain the Mythic™22 Cap piercing module. After reviewing this
section of the workbook you should be able to do the following:
Dispensing module:
Electronic:
Fluidic:
Note: Each time the probe goes in upper position, the probe is
cleaned and dried.
Tube-1: 0
Tube-2: 0
Tube-3: 1
To dismantle the front panel, open the door to the half position.
To dismantle the probe, move the rinsing head first, and then move the
probe from the probe carriage.
If you change the needle or move it, it is mandatory to change the 0-
ring.
Troubleshooting :
The pump is located under the reagent tray. This pump is protected with a
foam.
1. Put the holder on the position; place the screws while pushing the
holder
in the top.
Mythic™22 CT - Maintenance:
o Greasing
o Cleaning of the in-line filter
o Check of the silencer (trace of humidity)
o Greasing
o Change of probe O-ring
o Change of the in-line filter