IvdLink is communication middleware for clinical laboratories. It talks to each instrument in its own protocol and passes results, quality controls and test orders to your laboratory information system.
See connected instruments Request a 7-day trialEvery instrument has its own language and link. Without middleware, each new device means another interface to develop in the LIS. With IvdLink, the LIS only has one format to know.
A result must never be lost, and an instrument must never be kept waiting.
Each result is stored on the workstation before being sent, then retried automatically until the LIS has received it, even after a restart.
If the LIS is slow to answer a request, the instrument receives "no test" within the time it requires.
Recognised and sent as such, with the name, lot and target values when the instrument provides them.
Culture, organisms, identification and susceptibility testing: MIC, S, I or R category before and after expert review, phenotypes.
Test codes, specimen types, organisms and antibiotics are translated per connection, with no development.
Replay instrument exchanges and test the link to the LIS before plugging in a single cable.
The list of laboratory instruments supported by IvdLink, with the progress of each connection.
| Instrument | Field | Link | Exchanges | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott ARCHITECTARCHITECT i System, c System | Immunoassay, chemistry | ASTM (ASI), serial | Results, quality controls, query, download | |
| Autobio AutoLumoA2000 Plus, A1000, A6000, A1800 | Immunoassay | Autobio ASTM, serial or TCP | Results, query | |
| bioMérieux VITEK 2 SystemsVITEK 2 Compact, VITEK 2 XL | Microbiology | BCI, serial | Identification, susceptibility testing, order download | |
| Bio-Rad D-10D-10 | HbA1c | ASTM, serial | Results per peak, quality controls by identifier | |
| Genegeo DX80DX80 | Haematology | HL7 2.4, TCP | Results, images, quality controls, query | |
| MedConn MQ-3000MQ-3000 | HbA1c | Tagged format, TCP | Results, chromatogram | |
| Roche cobas e 411cobas e 411, cobas protocol | Immunoassay | ASTM, serial | Results, quality controls, query, download | |
| Thermo Scientific IndikoIndiko, Indiko Plus, Gallery | Clinical chemistry | ASTM, serial or TCP | Results, quality controls, query, download |
Query: the instrument asks for the tests of a tube. Download: IvdLink sends the worklist to the instrument.
Your instrument is not listed? A driver is developed from its communication manual. A generic ASTM driver (LIS2-A2) and a frame capture mode also make it possible to get started. Compatibility is checked during commissioning, depending on the instrument, its version and its settings.
The LIS implements one single interface, however many instruments you have.
Five HTTP addresses and a documented JSON format: results, test orders, worklist and connection status. The contract can be handed as is to the LIS vendor.
Your LIS already has its own web service? It keeps it: an adapter translates the messages on the IvdLink side, with no change on its side.
IvdLink reports the status of each connection and a heartbeat to the LIS, so the LIS knows which instruments are reachable.
A self-contained installation, with all configuration done on screen.
An application with its own window on a laboratory workstation, or a windowless service on a Linux server.
Connections, code tables and settings are edited in the interface, with the previous version backed up automatically.
Bilingual interface, with password-protected remote access.
Based on the number of connections. 7-day trial with all features.
It is software placed between the instruments and the laboratory information system (LIS). It talks to each instrument in its own protocol and exchanges data with the LIS in a single format.
ASTM (E1381, E1394, LIS1-A, LIS2-A2), HL7 v2, the ABX format and the bioMérieux BCI protocol, as well as formats specific to certain instruments, over serial, TCP, UDP or file links.
No. A driver is developed from the instrument's communication manual. A generic ASTM driver and a frame capture mode also make it possible to get started.
IvdLink offers a reference web service, described in a contract that the LIS vendor can implement. If the LIS already has its own web service, a dedicated adapter is developed.
Results are stored on the workstation and retried automatically. They go out when the LIS returns, even after IvdLink restarts.
Yes, for 7 days with all features, and with an instrument simulator for testing without hardware.
Let's talk about your instruments and your LIS. Didier Rombauts, a specialist in connecting instruments to laboratory information systems, will answer you.
Contact Didier Rombauts