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US 12,760,358 B2Granted
External files for distribution of molecular diagnostic tests and determination of compatibility between tests
AssigneeAugusta SpinCo Corporation
InventorsAdam Steel, Thomas Wojeck, Michael Young, Mark Larsen
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for performing an automated assay, and particularly to performing an assay on a plurality of samples on an automated instrument.
Claims24
A method of performing an automated assay on a plurality of samples, the method comprising:
- providing an automated instrument comprising a first workstation and a second workstation at a location physically separated from the first workstation, each of the first and second workstations configured to receive and process a plurality of samples according to a plurality of different automated assay workflows utilizing at least one shared resource, wherein each different automated assay workflow has an associated unique assay definition file or user-defined protocol file, wherein each assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprises a first level compatibility index value, a second level compatibility index value, and provides one or more parameters for performing the automated assay workflow;
- determining whether two discrete assay workflows are compatible or incompatible with each other for concurrent processing on the automated instrument, wherein the determining step comprises:
- selecting a first assay workflow from among a first list of available assay workflows, and
- evaluating which of a plurality of other available assay workflows have an assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprising the same second level compatibility index value as the first assay workflow, wherein assay workflows having an assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprising the same second level compatibility index value are second-level compatible;
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- performing the two discrete assay workflows, each according to its own one or more parameters, concurrently at different workstations of the automated instrument when the two discrete assay workflows are second-level compatible and are first-level incompatible.
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A system for performing an automated assay comprising:
- an automated instrument comprising a first workstation and a second workstation at a location physically separated from the first workstation, each of the first and second workstations configured to receive and process a plurality of samples according to a plurality of different automated assay workflows utilizing at least one shared resource, wherein each different automated assay workflow has an associated unique assay definition file or user-defined protocol file, wherein each assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprises a first level compatibility index value, a second level compatibility index value, and provides one or more parameters for performing the automated assay workflow;
- a processor;
- a storage capacity storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the automated instrument to:
- determine whether two discrete assay workflows are compatible or incompatible with each other for concurrent processing on the automated instrument, wherein determining comprises:
- selecting a first assay workflow from among a first list of available assay workflows, and
- evaluating which of a plurality of other available assay workflows have an assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprising the same second level compatibility index value as the first assay workflow, wherein assay workflows having an assay definition file or user-defined protocol file comprising the same second level compatibility index value are second-level compatible;
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- perform the two discrete assay workflows, each according to its own one or more parameters, concurrently at different workstations of the automated instrument when the two discrete assay workflows are second-level compatible and are first-level incompatible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.