公开(公告)号：US20230160916A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18052632

申请日：2022-11-04

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ole Lambaek ,  Dominik Schnarwiler ,  Bert Taeymans

IPC: G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04

CPC classification number: G01N35/0095 ,  G01N35/04

Abstract: A distribution system comprising a transport plane configured for distributing a plurality of tube holders, wherein the transport plane comprises at least one transportation area and at least one queue area, wherein the queue area comprises queues of a plurality of different queue types differentiating between tube holder with a sample container, empty tube holder, input queue and output queue; a drive system configured for moving the tube holders on the transport plane; a control system configured to control movement of the tube holders on the transport plane, wherein the control system comprises a routing system configured for calculating routes for the tube holders on the transportation area of the transport plane, wherein the control system comprises a queue manager configured for calculating routes for the tube holders in the queue area considering the different queue types.

公开(公告)号：US12292454B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US17815585

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ole Lambaek ,  Dominik Schnarwiler ,  Bert Taeymans

IPC: G01N35/00

Abstract: A method for operating a laboratory automation system, having: a control device and a transport system with carriers and a first empty carrier queue provided with a first fixed number of queue spaces, each assignable an empty carrier; the method comprising: providing additional queue spaces, each assignable an empty carrier, assigning a first number of additional queue spaces from the additional queue spaces to the first empty carrier queue, operating the first empty carrier queue with the first fixed number of queue spaces plus the first number of additional queue spaces, assigning, in response to receiving operation data in the control device, a second number of additional queue spaces from the additional queue spaces to the first empty carrier queue and operating the first empty carrier queue with the first fixed number of queue spaces plus the second number of additional queue spaces. Further, a laboratory automation system is provided.

公开(公告)号：US20250069712A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18726309

申请日：2022-12-20

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ole Lambaek ,  Dominik Schnarwiler ,  Bert Taeymans

IPC: G16H10/40 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q10/0639

Abstract: A method for operating a laboratory system having a plurality of sample containers; a plurality of laboratory devices to handle the sample containers, the sample containers being assigned for handling to the target device; and a control device configured to control assignment of the sample containers to the target devices; and assigning the sample containers. The assigning comprises: determining a target device workload state for each target device, the workload state being between a first range limit and a second range limit, and determined according to a metric being proportional to a resource target device state indicative of sample containers assigned to the target device, and a power of an output flow of the target device, assigning the sample containers to the target devices according to the target device workload states; and providing sample containers to the plurality of target devices. Furthermore, a laboratory system is provided.

公开(公告)号：US11971420B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17012675

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Yannic Hafner ,  Thomas Lienert ,  Florian Wenzler ,  Dominik Schnarwiler ,  Philipp Heinz ,  Bert Taeymans

IPC: G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/04

CPC classification number: G01N35/00584 ,  G01N35/04 ,  G01N2035/0406 ,  G01N2035/0477

Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises container carriers, a transport plane, and drive elements. The container carriers carry sample containers. The transport plane supports the container carriers. The drive elements move the container carriers on the transport plane. The method comprises planning a movement path for a container carrier from a start to a goal on the transport plane modelled by nodes. The nodes are free for one time-window or reserved for one-time window. The planning comprises analyzing the reachability out of a free time-window of one node to free time-windows of a next node and an over-next node such that planned movement of the container carrier is nonstop. The method comprises reserving the planned movement path comprising a sequence of time-windows of nodes and moving the container carrier along the reserved movement path on the transport plane by a drive element.

公开(公告)号：US20230059570A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17815585

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Inventor： Ole Lambaek ,  Dominik Schnarwiler ,  Bert Taeymans

IPC: G01N35/00

Abstract: A method for operating a laboratory automation system, having: a control device and a transport system with carriers and a first empty carrier queue provided with a first fixed number of queue spaces, each assignable an empty carrier; the method comprising: providing additional queue spaces, each assignable an empty carrier, assigning a first number of additional queue spaces from the additional queue spaces to the first empty carrier queue, operating the first empty carrier queue with the first fixed number of queue spaces plus the first number of additional queue spaces, assigning, in response to receiving operation data in the control device, a second number of additional queue spaces from the additional queue spaces to the first empty carrier queue and operating the first empty carrier queue with the first fixed number of queue spaces plus the second number of additional queue spaces. Further, a laboratory automation system is provided.