Method for operating a laboratory system

    公开(公告)号:US10895580B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US15986210

    申请日:2018-05-22

    Abstract: A method for operating a laboratory system comprising instruments for processing samples and a control unit connected by a communication network is presented. The method comprises receiving and identifying a biological sample and retrieving an order list from a database. The list comprises a plurality of targets defining one or more processing steps to be carried out on the biological sample by one or more of the laboratory instruments. The method also comprises selecting a workflow strategy and retrieving workflow acceptance criterion corresponding to the workflow strategy. The control unit determines a sample workflow for processing the sample based on the workflow strategy and determines whether the sample workflow satisfies the workflow acceptance criterion. If the sample workflow does not satisfy the workflow acceptance criterion, workflow strategy and the workflow acceptance criterion is refined and the sample workflow is determined again until it satisfies the workflow acceptance criterion.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210140987A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US17120874

    申请日:2020-12-14

    Abstract: A method for operating a laboratory system comprising instruments for processing samples and a control unit connected by a communication network is presented. The method comprises receiving and identifying a biological sample and retrieving an order list from a database. The list comprises a plurality of targets defining one or more processing steps to be carried out on the biological sample by one or more of the laboratory instruments. The method also comprises selecting a workflow strategy and retrieving workflow acceptance criterion corresponding to the workflow strategy. The control unit determines a sample workflow for processing the sample based on the workflow strategy and determines whether the sample workflow satisfies the workflow acceptance criterion. If the sample workflow does not satisfy the workflow acceptance criterion, workflow strategy and the workflow acceptance criterion is refined and the sample workflow is determined again until it satisfies the workflow acceptance criterion.

    DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
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    DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230160916A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US18052632

    申请日:2022-11-04

    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.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING LABORATORY SYSTEM AND LABORATORY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250069712A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18726309

    申请日:2022-12-20

    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.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230059570A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17815585

    申请日:2022-07-28

    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.

    METHOD FOR OPERATING A SORTER DEVICE IN AN IVD LABORATORY SYSTEM AND IVD LABORATORY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250067761A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18941549

    申请日:2024-11-08

    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method for operating a sorter device in an IVD laboratory system, the method comprising providing a sorter device in an IVD laboratory system provided with a system operation controller, the sorter device having a plurality of sample container racks each provided with reception holes for receiving sample containers, a handling device configured to pick sample containers from and place sample containers in the reception holes of the sample container racks, a sorter device controller configured to control operation of the sorter device and connectable to the system operation controller, and an output device functionally connected to the sorter device controller and configured to output at least one of audio data and video data. The sorter device is configured in a pre-operation process, the configuring comprising: assigning the plurality of sample container racks to a plurality of processing sub-targets conducted by the IVD laboratory system in operation, wherein a first sample container rack is assigned to a first processing sub-target and a second sample container rack is assigned to a second processing sub-target which is different from the first processing sub-target, and assigning to the first sample container rack a first threshold value indicative of a first threshold number of sample containers in the first sample container rack, wherein the first threshold number of sample containers is smaller than a maximum number of sample containers receivable in the first sample container rack. The sorter device is operated in an operation process, the operating comprising: placing sample containers in the reception holes of the first sample container rack by the handling device, determining a first present number of sample containers received in the first sample container rack by the sorter device controller, comparing the first present number of sample containers to the first threshold value by the sorter device controller, and if the first present number of sample containers is equal to or greater than the first threshold value, outputting a first warning data through the output device. Furthermore, an IVD laboratory system is provided.

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