System and method for selecting colonies
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsStrett Roger Nicolson, Mark Sakowski, Paul Fieni, Mark Larsen, Keri Lynne Jones Aman, Amy Alcott Llanso, Harry Yuheng Chou
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for selecting colony locations. Selecting colony locations can include determine a location of a selection tool on a culture plate image, determining a location of a potential source of error on the culture plate image, comparing the location of the selection tool to the location of the potential source of error; and determining an error when the location of the selection tool overlays the location of the potential source of error.
Claims24
A system for selecting colony locations on a culture plate image, comprising:
- a colony picking tool;
- a computer system comprising:
- a user interface configured to display the culture plate image and a selection tool, the selection tool being ring shaped and sized to correspond to a tolerance of error of the colony picking tool from a desired location for pipetting, wherein the selection tool is configured to facilitate selection of one or more colony locations on the culture plate image;
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- a processor configured to:
- analyze a position of the ring shaped selection tool on the culture plate image to determine a possibility of error in the pipetting;
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- receive a selection of a colony location of the one or more colony locations;
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- an automated platform configured to robotically control the colony picking tool to pipette the colony location selected by the ring shaped selection tool.
A method for selecting colony locations on a culture plate image to direct a colony picking tool to a desired location on a culture plate for pipetting, comprising:
- displaying the culture plate image and a selection tool on a user interface, the selection tool being ring shaped and sized to correspond to a tolerance of error of the colony picking tool from the desired location for pipetting, wherein the selection tool comprising a cursor configured to move across a display screen displaying the culture plate image and configured to facilitate selection of one or more colony locations on the culture plate image;
- analyzing a position of the ring shaped selection tool on the culture plate image to determine a possibility of error in the pipetting;
- receiving a selection of a colony location of the one or more colony locations by the ring shaped selection tool;
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- robotically controlling the colony picking tool to pipette the colony location selected by the ring shaped selection tool from the culture plate by an automated platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.