Roche Diagnostics
cobas u 701 microscopy analyzer · Software Version 2.3 · Operator’s Manual · Version 2.4
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Edition notice This information is intended for operators and
administrators of the cobas u 701 microscopy analyzer.
Every effort has been made to ensure that all the
information is correct at the time of publishing. However,
Roche reserves the right to make any changes necessary
without notice as part of ongoing product development.
Customer modifications to the instrument may impair
instrument safety and may lead to malfunction, incorrect
measurements, and incorrect results. Any customer
modification to the instrument will render the warranty or
service agreement null and void.
Intended use The cobas u 701 microscopy analyzer is a fully
automated urine microscopy system intended for the in
vitro quantitative determination of erythrocytes and
leukocytes, the semi-quantitative determination of
squamous and non-squamous epithelial cells, bacteria,
and hyaline casts and the qualitative determination of
pathological casts, crystals, yeasts, mucus, and sperm in
urine.
These measurements are useful in the evaluation of renal,
urinary, hepatic and metabolic disorders. This system is
intended to be used by trained operators in clinical
laboratories.
Manual version Software version Revision date Change description
1.0.0 2.0 May 2014 First publication
1.0.0 2.1 January 2015 Software upgrade. No content changes in operator’s manual.
2.0.0 2.2 July 2015 o Illustrations were adapted to latest hardware and software.
o New: Optional input connection unit.
o New: Optional connection to external water supply.
o Improved result presentation.
o New: Emergency stop feature
o New: Definition of notification periods.
o Changes to range tables and cross-check rule
configuration.
o New: Definition of particle subclasses.
o Various improvements in configuration features.
o New: Procedure for adjusting probe action to different
tubes and racks.
2.1.0 2.2.3 July 2016 o Improved working with Sample sequence number
mode.
o Improved manual image analysis.
o Definition of STAT racks.
2.2 2.3 March 2018 o New version (2) of control unit.
o Windows 10 operating system.
2.4 2.3 March 2020 o New layout.
o Linguistic and minor content adjustments.
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