Systems and methods for assessing bays on diagnostic devices
AssigneeRoche Molecular Systems, Inc.
InventorsTyler David Jensen, Michael Nguyen, Dustin K. Harshman
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatuses in which a diagnostic instrument analyzes data collected over time, and based on that information, disables a bay, suggests a bay, puts a bay on standby or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the method, system and apparatus allows the diagnostic instrument to have higher validity rates in the field and allows the provider to set up service calls, schedule maintenance and perform remote maintenance, as well as other functions based on the data collected over time.
Claims11
A diagnostic instrument, comprising:
- a bay;
- a control unit, the control unit comprising a disable bay rule engine, a standby bay monitoring rule engine, and a suggest bay rule engine, wherein the disable bay monitoring rule engine is configured to produce disable bay data, the standby bay monitoring rule engine is configured to produce standby bay data, and the suggest bay rule engine is configured to produce suggest bay data;
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- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether one or more of the disable bay data, the standby bay data, or the suggest bay data meet a predefined baseline, wherein, in response to a determination by the processor that the disable bay data does not meet the predefined baseline, the processor is configured to disable the bay.
A diagnostic instrument comprising a processing unit, and a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
- at least one icon graphically corresponding to the processing unit, wherein the at least one icon is configured to change from a first color to a second color in response to a determination that an operation of the processing unit data does not meet a predefined baseline, wherein the processing unit comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the processing unit comprises a bay operable to receive an external cartridge to analyze a sample, and the processing unit includes a disable bay rule engine configured to produce disable bay data, a standby bay monitoring rule engine configured to produce standby bay data, and a suggest bay rule engine configured to produce suggest bay data, wherein the processor is configured to evaluate whether one or more of the disable bay data, the standby bay data, and the suggest bay data meet the predefined baseline, and
- wherein the processor is configured to disable the bay, to put the bay on standby, or suggest the bay based on evaluation of the disable bay data, the standby bay data, and the suggest bay data, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.