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公开(公告)号：US11092613B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-17
申请号：US15809032
申请日：2017-11-10
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mohammadreza Mahmudimanesh , Sophia Bruntsch , Soraya Garcia Bustos , Walter Ebner , Shubin Ren , Mohsin Reza , Daniel Diez Diaz-Calonge
Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers. The sample container carriers are adapted to carry one or more sample containers. The sample containers comprise samples to be analyzed by a number of laboratory stations. The laboratory sample distribution system also comprises a transport plane. The transport plane is adapted to support the sample container carriers. The method comprises allocating an area of the transport plane as a buffer area. The buffer area is adapted to store a variable number of sample container carriers. The method also comprises controlling the buffer area using a puzzle-based control scheme or using an aisle-based control scheme as a function of a storage density of the buffer area.
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公开(公告)号：US20180348244A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-06
申请号：US15988637
申请日：2018-05-24
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Shubin Ren
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , B65G54/02 , B65G2201/0261 , G01N2035/0462 , G01N2035/0467 , G01N2035/0472 , G01N2035/0477
Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises sample container carriers comprising a magnetically active device and configured to carry a sample container, interconnected transport plane modules configured to support carriers, and electro-magnetic actuators arranged in rows and columns below each transport plane module and configured to move a carrier on top of the transport plane modules by applying a magnetic force to the carrier. The method comprises assigning transport plane modules to a route category. At least two traffic lanes are formed on the route categorized transport plane module. The carriers are moved within each traffic lane in a transport direction. The transport directions are opposite to each other. The method also comprises assigning another transport plane module to a waypoint category. A change from one transport direction to the opposite transport direction is possible on the waypoint categorized transport plane module.
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公开(公告)号：US20180067141A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-08
申请号：US15809032
申请日：2017-11-10
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Mohammadreza Mahmudimanesh , Sophia Bruntsch , Soraya Garcia Bustos , Walter Ebner , Shubin Ren , Mohsin Reza , Daniel Diez Diaz-Calonge
IPC: G01N35/04
CPC classification number: G01N35/04 , G01N2035/0093 , G01N2035/0406 , G01N2035/0462
Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers. The sample container carriers are adapted to carry one or more sample containers. The sample containers comprise samples to be analyzed by a number of laboratory stations. The laboratory sample distribution system also comprises a transport plane. The transport plane is adapted to support the sample container carriers. The method comprises allocating an area of the transport plane as a buffer area. The buffer area is adapted to store a variable number of sample container carriers. The method also comprises controlling the buffer area using a puzzle-based control scheme or using an aisle-based control scheme as a function of a storage density of the buffer area.
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公开(公告)号：US20250147061A1
公开(公告)日：2025-05-08
申请号：US19017141
申请日：2025-01-10
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Gabriele Piero Janner , Cho Yiu Ng , Shubin Ren
Abstract: The disclosure refers to a method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system having: a plurality of carriers (4) having a number of n (n>3) carriers (4) each configured to carry one or more sample containers containing a sample to be analyzed by laboratory devices (3); a transport plane (1) configured to support to the plurality of carriers (4), wherein the transport plane (1) comprises a plurality of interconnected transport modules comprising a plurality of plane fields (5); and a driving device (13) configured to control movement of the plurality of carriers (4) along individual routes between the plurality of plane fields (5). The method comprises: moving the plurality of carriers (4) along the individual routes on the transport plane (1), wherein the moving, for each carrier, comprises executing at least once steps of reserving a route segment along the individual route, the route segment being provided by one or more plane fields of the plurality of plane fields (5), and moving the carrier (4) along the route segment; and preventing, for the plurality of carriers (4), a deadlock arrangement on the transport plane in which the plurality of carriers (4) block each other from further movement along the individual routes (6). The preventing is further comprising: determining, at a present operation time, a potential deadlock arrangement for the plurality of carriers (4) on the transport plane (1) at a future operation time, wherein the potential deadlock arrangement is assigned a number of n deadlock plane fields occupied by the plurality of carriers (4) in case of the potential deadlock arrangement; for a first carrier from the plurality of carriers (4) moving along a first individual route, reserving a first route segment ending with a first end plane field; and assigning a non-reserve flag to a next plane field which is next to the first end plane field along the first individual route. Further, a laboratory sample distribution system, and a laboratory automation system are provided.
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公开(公告)号：US10989725B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-27
申请号：US15988637
申请日：2018-05-24
Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
Inventor： Shubin Ren
Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises sample container carriers comprising a magnetically active device and configured to carry a sample container, interconnected transport plane modules configured to support carriers, and electro-magnetic actuators arranged in rows and columns below each transport plane module and configured to move a carrier on top of the transport plane modules by applying a magnetic force to the carrier. The method comprises assigning transport plane modules to a route category. At least two traffic lanes are formed on the route categorized transport plane module. The carriers are moved within each traffic lane in a transport direction. The transport directions are opposite to each other. The method also comprises assigning another transport plane module to a waypoint category. A change from one transport direction to the opposite transport direction is possible on the waypoint categorized transport plane module.
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