Multiplate^® test results:

Multiplate^® continuously records platelet aggregation.The increase of impedance by the attachment of Platelets onto the Multiplate^® sensors is transformed to arbitrary aggregation units (AU) and plotted against time.

Three parameters are calculated: The most important parameter is the area under the aggregation curve (AUC). It is affected by the total height of the aggregation curve as well as by its slope and is best suited to express the overall platelet activity.

Two more parameters are calculated for research use: The aggregation is the height of the curve. The velocity is the maximum slope of the curve.

As seen on the diagram on botton, two curves are assessed using the two independent sensors in the test cell. The parameters calculated by the software are the mean values of the parameters determined with each curve.

When the option „print additional values“ in the service menu is selected, then the individual values of each curve are printed in addition to the mean values.

The scale of the y axis is shown both on the screen and on the printout. It can be set to 50, 75, 100 or 200AU.