CARRIER FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF MULTI-RECEPTACLE UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20200282403A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16811772

    申请日:2020-03-06

    IPC分类号: B01L9/00 B66F9/07

    摘要: A system and method provides a supply of consumables to a processing instrument that uses one or more of the consumables for each of a plurality of processes performed by the instrument. The system includes a loading drawer holding a carrier for receiving a plurality of consumables and an input module for holding a carrier supporting a plurality of consumables thereon and presenting the consumables for access by the instrument. A transporter includes a vertical elevator and a lateral actuator for moving a lift platform vertically and laterally and for transporting carriers on the lift platform with or without consumables supported thereon between the loading drawer and the input module, between the loading drawer and one or more holding shelves, or between the input module and one or more holding shelves. A carrier includes parallel support rails for holding multiple receptacle units and retainer tabs for retaining the units on the support rails.

    METHOD FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE MARKS ON RACKS AND RECEPTACLES

    公开(公告)号:US20190026516A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US16052448

    申请日:2018-08-01

    发明人: David OPALSKY

    摘要: A method of reading machine-readable marks on a movable support and object of a sample instrument. The method includes capturing a first image of the moveable support as the moveable support moves from a first position to a second position using an image capture device; determining whether a first fiducial machine-readable mark on the moveable support is in the first image; determining, when the first fiducial machine-readable mark is in the first image, whether a first machine-readable mark on a first object coupled to the moveable support is in the first image at a predetermined position relative to the first fiducial machine-readable mark; and associating information decoded from the first machine-readable mark on the first object with a first location on the moveable support associated with the first fiducial machine-readable mark.

    INDEXING SIGNAL DETECTION MODULE
    6.
    发明申请
    INDEXING SIGNAL DETECTION MODULE 有权
    指示信号检测模块

    公开(公告)号:US20140263984A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14200460

    申请日:2014-03-07

    摘要: An indexing signal detection module is configured to index one or more signal detectors past each of a plurality of sources of detectable signal emissions to detect or measure a signal emitted by each source. A plurality of signal transmission conduits transmit signal emitted by the sources from a first end of each conduit to a second end of each conduit where the signal may be detected by a signal detector. A conduit reformatter is configured to secure the first ends of the respective signal transmission conduits in a first spatial arrangement corresponding to a spatial arrangement of the signal emission sources and to secure the second ends of the respective signal transmission conduits in a second spatial arrangement different from the first spatial arrangement.

    摘要翻译: 索引信号检测模块被配置为将一个或多个信号检测器转移到多个可检测信号发射源中的每一个上,以检测或测量由每个源发射的信号。 多个信号传输管道将源发射的信号从每个管道的第一端传送到每个管道的第二端,其中信号可由信号检测器检测。 导管重新配置器被配置为以对应于信号发射源的空间布置的第一空间布置来固定各个信号传输导管的第一端,并且将相应的信号传输导管的第二端固定在不同于 第一个空间安排。

    RECEPTACLE RACK HAVING AN ELECTRONIC MEMORY ELEMENT
    7.
    发明申请
    RECEPTACLE RACK HAVING AN ELECTRONIC MEMORY ELEMENT 有权
    具有电子记忆元件的接收机架

    公开(公告)号:US20140175168A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-26

    申请号:US14195718

    申请日:2014-03-03

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/08

    摘要: A system and method for tracking items, such as receptacles, during a process employs a rack configured to hold one or more receptacles. Each receptacle includes a machine-readable label providing information regarding the receptacle, such as contents thereof and process(es) to be performed thereon, and each receptacle-receiving position of the rack has associated therewith a machine-readable label identifying the receptacle receiving location. The rack also includes a memory element to which electronic data may be written. A label reading device reads the machine-readable label on each receptacle and the position-indicating, machine-readable labels on the rack. Information obtained from the machine-readable labels is written to the memory element, so that for subsequent processing of the receptacles carried on the rack, information relating to each of the receptacles can be obtained by reading the information written to the memory element. A tamper prevention element provides an indication of whether the rack may have been tampered with after data is written to the memory element.

    摘要翻译: 在过程期间用于跟踪物品(例如插座)的系统和方法采用配置成容纳一个或多个插座的机架。 每个插座包括提供关于插座的信息的机器可读标签,诸如其内容和要在其上执行的处理,并且机架的每个插座接收位置与其相关联地标识容器接收位置的机器可读标签 。 机架还包括可以写入电子数据的存储元件。 标签读取装置读取每个插座上的机器可读标签和机架上的位置指示机器可读标签。 从机器可读标签获得的信息被写入存储元件,因此为了随后处理在机架上承载的插座,可以通过读取写入存储元件的信息来获得与每个插座有关的信息。 防篡改元件提供了在将数据写入存储器元件之后机架是否可能被篡改的指示。

    Method of Analyzing a Sample
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220364988A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17840388

    申请日:2022-06-14

    摘要: A method for measuring optical signal detector performance that includes directing light emitted from an optical signal detector onto a first non-fluorescent surface portion in a first detection zone of the optical signal detector. A first characteristic of light detected by a first sensor of the first optical signal detector is measured while the first non-fluorescent surface portion is in the first detection zone of the optical signal detector. Light emitted from the optical signal detector is directed into a first void in the first detection zone of the optical signal detector. A second characteristic of light detected by the first sensor of the optical signal detector is measured while the first void is in the first detection zone of the optical signal detector. And an operational performance status of the optical signal detector is determined based on at least one of the first characteristic and the second characteristic.