MODULAR WORKCELLS FOR LAB AUTOMATION
    2.
    发明申请
    MODULAR WORKCELLS FOR LAB AUTOMATION 有权
    用于实验室自动化的模块化工作单元

    公开(公告)号:US20150276775A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:US14434580

    申请日:2013-10-11

    IPC分类号: G01N35/02 G01N35/00

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for performing a work-flow, which may be in an IVD environment. A plurality of workcells can be used to perform tasks, while vessels can be automatically transported between the workcells using bulk transport trays along an inter-cell track, allowing each workcell to be independently adapted to one or more tasks in the work-flow.

    摘要翻译: 提供的系统和方法用于执行可能处于IVD环境中的工作流程。 可以使用多个工作单元来执行任务,而容器可以在工作单元之间使用沿着单元间轨道的批量输送托盘自动传送,从而允许每个工作单元独立地适应工作流程中的一个或多个任务。

    METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIORITY SAMPLES THAT PRESERVES A FIFO PROCESSING QUEUE
    3.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRIORITY SAMPLES THAT PRESERVES A FIFO PROCESSING QUEUE 审中-公开
    用于处理保存FIFO处理队列的优先级样本的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150079695A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-19

    申请号:US14390346

    申请日:2013-04-03

    IPC分类号: G01N35/02

    摘要: Methods and systems for processing samples in an analyzer utilizes a track system with a plurality of track portions. A queue of samples for processing can be handled on a first portion, while priority samples may be handled on another portion. An instrument in a module may process samples in queues and priority samples. The instrument may process priority samples while a queue of samples remains on the first portion and resumes processing the queue of samples along the first portion upon completion of processing the priority sample.

    摘要翻译: 用于在分析器中处理样品的方法和系统利用具有多个轨道部分的轨道系统。 可以在第一部分处理用于处理的样本队列,而可以在另一部分上处理优先级样本。 模块中的仪器可以处理队列和优先级样本中的样本。 当样品队列保留在第一部分上时,仪器可以处理优先级样本,并且在完成处理优先级样本后,沿着第一部分继续处理采样队列。

    Module transport system that can be combined into an automation system

    公开(公告)号:US09927451B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14389228

    申请日:2013-03-29

    IPC分类号: G01N35/02 G01N35/04 G01N35/00

    摘要: An integrated automation system for use in transporting samples between modules, the system can include a plurality of modules configured to be connected to one another for processing samples, each of the plurality of modules having an internal transport system. Each internal transport system includes one or more periphery track portions integrated within a respective module, each of the periphery track portions having two ends and one or more transverse track portions integrated within the respective module, the one or more transverse track portions intersecting at least one of the one or more periphery track portions. The internal transport systems can be configured to connect to one another via one end of the two ends connecting to one end of the two ends of adjacent periphery track portions, thereby forming a continuous periphery track running through and connecting the plurality of modules. Samples are transported along the continuous periphery track and the one or more transverse track portions. The continuous periphery track and the one or more transverse track portions form a plurality of paths along which the samples are transported.

    ENCODING SCHEME EMBEDDED INTO AN AUTOMATION TRACK SURFACE
    8.
    发明申请
    ENCODING SCHEME EMBEDDED INTO AN AUTOMATION TRACK SURFACE 有权
    编码方案嵌入自动跟踪表面

    公开(公告)号:US20150010437A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-08

    申请号:US14376111

    申请日:2013-02-01

    IPC分类号: G01N35/00

    摘要: An automation system for an in vitro diagnostics environment includes a plurality of intelligent carriers that include onboard processing and navigation capabilities. A central scheduler can communicate wirelessly with the carriers to direct the carriers to carry a fluid sample to testing stations along a track within the automation system. The carriers can utilize landmarks and distance encoding to reach destinations accurately and quickly, including, for example within less than the time for a single operation cycle of an automated clinical analyzer. The distance encoding can include optical marks repeated at regular intervals (pitch), where the intervals are conveyed to the carriers wirelessly or via optical encoding. The pitch of the encoding can differ for different sections of track depending on the position precision desired.

    摘要翻译: 用于体外诊断环境的自动化系统包括包括车载处理和导航功能的多个智能载体。 中央调度器可以与载波进行无线通信,以指导载体将流体样本运送到沿着自动化系统内的轨道的测试站。 运营商可以利用地标和距离编码来准确和快速地到达目的地,包括例如在自动临床分析仪的单个操作周期的不到一个时间内。 距离编码可以包括以规则间隔(间距)重复的光学标记,其中间隔被无线地或经由光编码传送到载波。 根据所需的位置精度,编码的音高可以根据轨道的不同部分而不同。

    Virtual sample queues
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09835637B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US14390337

    申请日:2013-04-01

    IPC分类号: G01N35/10 G01N1/31 G01N35/00

    摘要: Methods and systems can implement queues for an automation system that services a plurality of modules connected to one another by a transport mechanism, a processor can determining a desired queue for a module. An IVD analyzer can include an automation system, a plurality of stations configured to interact with objects transported by the automation system, and one or more processors that maintain a plurality of queues for at least a subset of the plurality of stations in memory and assign a plurality of the objects to each of the plurality of queues. Objects assigned to each of the plurality of queues need not be located physically proximate to a station associated with each of the plurality of queues.