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- Patent Title: Automated sample workcell and method of operation
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Application No.: US14087342Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US09505012B2Publication Date: 2016-11-29
- Inventor: Joerg Haechler
- Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Priority: EP10158946 20100401
- Main IPC: B04B13/00
- IPC: B04B13/00 ; G01N35/00 ; B04B11/04

Abstract:
Illustrative embodiments of automated sample workcells and methods of operation are disclosed. The methods may include receiving a first plurality of samples, each of the first plurality of samples being linked to a requested analysis selected from among a plurality of analysis types; assigning at least one centrifugation parameter to each of the first plurality of samples in response to the requested analysis linked to that sample; loading a second plurality of samples into a centrifuge, the second plurality of samples being selected from among the first plurality of samples and comprising samples that have been assigned at least two different centrifugation parameters; determining a centrifugation parameter of highest centrifugation intensity from among the at least two different centrifugation parameters assigned to samples in the second plurality of samples; and centrifuging the second plurality of samples according to a centrifugation protocol comprising the centrifugation parameter of highest centrifugation intensity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140080693A1 Automated Sample Workcell and Method of Operation Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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