System for transporting and mixing samples
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
InventorsHenry-Joseph Piper, Christopher Glielmi
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Abstract
A sample transport system has a carrier configured to hold a sample tube for a sample to be transported and mixed, a transporter configured to support the carrier, a guide portion configured to impart motion to the carrier on the transporter and deliver the carrier to a destination location, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify instructions associated with the sample, the instructions including a movement profile configured to cause mixing of the sample, communicate with the guide portion to cause the carrier to follow the movement profile on the transporter to cause the mixing of the sample, and deliver the sample to the destination location.
Claims11
A sample transport and mixing system, comprising:
- a carrier configured to hold a sample tube for a sample to be transported and mixed;
- a transporter configured to support the carrier;
- a guide portion configured to impart motion to the carrier on the transporter and deliver the carrier to a destination location;
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- a controller configured to:
- identify instructions associated with the sample, the instructions including a movement profile configured to cause sufficient mixing of the sample in the carrier to achieve a mixed sample for sample testing, such that a separate mixing mechanism is not required,
- communicate with the guide portion to cause the carrier to:
- follow the movement profile on the transporter to cause the mixing of the sample, and
- deliver the mixed sample to the destination location for sample testing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.