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US 11,448,658 B2Granted
Method and device for controlling detection-composition preparation instrument
AssigneeSeegene, Inc.
InventorsSeong-Su Kim, Na-Young Ji, Kyung-Hyun Min
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Abstract
Provided is a method and device for controlling a preparation instrument that prepares a detection composition used for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule in a specimen using an integrated instruction file.
Claims20
A method of controlling a preparation instrument which prepares a detection composition used for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule in a specimen, the method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of option fields comprising a type of detection composition and a type of target nucleic acid molecule desired to be detected on a display so as to determine a desired detection composition, wherein the detection composition includes a nucleic acid extract and a reaction solution for nucleic acid amplification;
- receiving user selection information from each of the plurality of option fields;
- determining a work data file based on the selection information, wherein the work data file comprises a work list comprising time-series work actions required for preparing the nucleic acid extract and/or a work list comprising time-series work actions required for preparing the reaction solution for nucleic acid amplification, and comprises instruction name information and instruction processing information used for implementing the work actions in the preparation instrument;
- searching for an instruction that matches the instruction name information allocated to a work action from an integrated instruction file, according to the order of the work actions included in the determined work data file, wherein the integrated instruction file comprises all instructions used for implementing all work actions that are desired to be operated in the preparation instrument, and the instructions comprise instructions for moving a pipettor, which performs pipetting in the preparation instrument, upward and downward, leftward and rightward, and forward and backward, and for dispensing, aspirating, or transferring a liquid;
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- performing control such that the retrieved instructions are processed according to the instruction processing information and the work actions are implemented in the preparation instrument.
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A device for controlling a preparation instrument which prepares a detection composition used for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule in a specimen, the device comprising:
- a display, a processor, and a memory,
- wherein the processor is configured to perform:
- displaying a plurality of option fields comprising a type of detection composition and a type of target nucleic acid molecule desired to be detected on the display so as to determine a desired detection composition, wherein the detection composition comprises a nucleic acid extract and a reaction solution for nucleic acid amplification;
- receiving user selection information from each of the plurality of option fields so as to determine a work data file based on the selection information, wherein the work data file comprises a work list comprising time-series work actions required for preparing the nucleic acid extract and/or a work list comprising time-series work actions required for preparing the reaction solution for nucleic acid amplification, and comprises instruction name information and instruction processing information used for implementing the work actions in the preparation instrument;
- searching for an instruction that matches the instruction name information allocated to a work action from an integrated instruction file, according to the order of the work actions included in the determined work data file, wherein the integrated instruction file comprises all instructions used for implementing all work actions that are desired to be operated in the preparation instrument, and the instructions comprise instructions for moving a pipettor, which performs pipetting in the preparation instrument, upward and downward, leftward and rightward, and forward and backward, and for dispensing, aspirating, or transferring a liquid;
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- performing control such that the retrieved instructions are processed according to the instruction processing information and the work actions are implemented in the preparation instrument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.