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US 11,887,703 B2Granted
Systems and methods of efficiently performing biological assays
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsClarke Bowers, William Howard Garrison, Michael T. VanSickler, Michael Fenske
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Abstract
An automated laboratory system for processing biological samples in a batch type manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may receive assay instructions for biological samples processing among a plurality of devices. The devices may include a pre-analytical instrument and one or more analysis systems. The system may include an orchestration core application for determining an order of performance for the assays ordered for the samples.
Claims20
An electronic system for high throughput automation of biological assays, comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- an interface configured to communicate with a plurality of analysis systems via a cloud network;
- and
- one or more processors programmed by the instructions to execute a method comprising:
- receiving, via the cloud network, one or more assay instructions for one or more biological samples from one or more of the analysis systems;
- determining a plurality of assays that need to be performed for each sample of the one or more biological samples based on the one or more assay instructions;
- monitoring, via the cloud network, an operational state of the analysis systems to run each type of assay in the plurality of assays;
- determining an order to perform each assay in the plurality of assays based on the assay resources and the analysis systems that are available to maximize one or more performance metrics for the electronic system;
- and
- instructing, via the cloud network, one or more of the available analysis systems to carry out specific assays of the plurality of assays based on the determined order.
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