If the media tubes are damaged or missing something in the packaging can we get a replacement?

Please request fresh tubes on our website (Vet Portal > Request Supplies).  

If you need to send cells immediately, please use the serum and saline protocol from the CSU Hemapathology Lab:

  1. Place 1ml of saline (.9%, LRS, Norm R) into a no-additive, white-top or red-top tube (plain tube with no additives or serum separator).
  2. Add .1 ml of serum from the patient, or another healthy animal of the same species, to the saline in the white-top or red-top tube.
  3. Aspirate using suction.Gently squirt contents into the tube containing the saline and serum mixture.
  4. Rinse syringe by drawing up saline and serum mixture and gently squirting it back into the tube. Don’t make bubbles.
  5. Repeat aspiration and rinsing multiple times until solution is no longer transparent. A turbid solution usually indicates adequate cellularity for flow cytometry testing.

Other Questions

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Is this test available outside the US? Could I order the test?

Because we require live, fresh, cancer cells within 24-48 hours of doing a fine needle aspiration, we are ONLY offering our services in North America at this time. If you already had an experience of sending biopsy samples to the US in 24-48 hours, we could discuss the work further. Please contact info@imprimedicine.com.

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How do we ship?

Please follow these steps to prepare the box and ship the sample to our lab. (Click to read more)

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What does flow cytometry tell me about my patient’s specimen?

ImpriMed’s flow cytometry report provides comprehensive information about the specimen’s immunophenotype. B-cell and T-cell immunophenotypes are useful in determining lymphoma/leukemia subtype and prognosis. In addition, our panel of ten antigens can also be used in the diagnosis of T-zonal lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other diseases. Antigens levels reported are: CD21, CD79a, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD5, CD45, CD34, CD14, and MHC class II. For more information, see: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26953614/

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Is there a way to cancel the order before it is processed if the patient decides they no longer want the ImpriMed test?

In order to cancel the order, please contact us by sending an email to support@imprimedicine.com.

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What type of sample is needed – just aspirates and a typical flow sample?

We need about 10 million cancer cells to run the full chemosensitivity panel so we ask that you conduct an aggressive woodpecker style FNA, poking as many nodes as possible and putting the cells into our proprietary media tubes (ensures we receive live cells), then of course we need a whole blood sample (2mL).

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