Calprotectin Products for Patient Self-Testing

IBDoc provides a customised, patient centric approach for management of disease and therapy.

Easy as 1-2-3 

The new BÜHLMANN IBDoc® system, now available from Alpha Laboratories, provides sophisticated technology that enables your IBD patients to perform quantitative calprotectin testing themselves, in just three easy steps, reading the results using their smartphones.

1. Process the sample with the CALEX® Valve extraction device.
2. Apply the extracted sample to the calprotectin cassette.
3. Use the smartphone CalApp® to read and calculate the result and send it to the gastroenterologist via the secure IBDoc® Portal.

More Regular Patient Monitoring

IBDoc provides a practical way for more frequent monitoring of patients in the privacy of their own home.

Under the guidance of clinicians, more regular patient monitoring can help predict potential relapse and assist in therapy optimisation. This approach allows for a customised, patient centric approach for management of disease and therapy.

1. Prepare the Test

To start the test procedure the patient logs into the downloaded CalApp on their smartphone with their IBDoc account username and password.  They then collect a stool sample with the easy to use faecal collection paper sheet included in the IBDoc Test Kit.

2. Extract the Sample

The sampling pin of the CALEX Valve extraction device is dipped into the stool sample a few times with a twisting motion. This collects a defined amount of stool in the grooves of the CALEX Valve pin. The pin is placed back into the tube through the upper funnel.

3. Load the Test Cassette

The CALEX Valve tube is applied onto the test cassette and a precise amount of extract is released by turning the lever. After a few seconds, when the membrane strip of the cassette gets visibly soaked, the lever is closed.

4. Read the Test Cassette

Results are read using the smartphone camera. Placing the camera above the cassette focuses and automatically takes a picture. The image is analysed through a sophisticated image processor and a quantitative result is calculated by the CalApp.

5. Save the Test Result

Using a traffic light code system the result is classified as NORMAL, MODERATE, or HIGH. All the results performed on one smartphone are saved locally and can be accessed at any future time.

6. Doctor Is Notified

The result taken with the CalApp is automatically transferred to the IBDoc Portal and the patient’s doctor is immediately notified. Depending on the test result the doctor can communicate with the patient to advise on further therapeutic steps to be taken.