Compositions and Methods Comprising Biological Samples for Quality Controls
AssigneeOrchid Cellmark Inc.
InventorsJohn Rader, Rick Staub
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Abstract
A quality control system for testing biological samples is provided, comprising: a support having at least one surface capable of receiving one or more predetermined quantities of a biological sample from one or more known donors. A computerized system for testing biological samples is also provided.
Claims24
A quality control kit for forensic testing of biological samples, comprising:
- a container;
- and
- a support having at least one surface having a predetermined quantity of a biological sample from one or more known donors, wherein the biological sample is substantially free from contaminants.
A quality control system for testing biological samples, comprising:
- a support having at least one surface capable of receiving one or more predetermined quantities of a biological sample from one or more known donors.
A system for quality control testing of biological samples comprising:
- (a) at least one quality control database for receiving and storing data associated with two or more different predetermined quantities of biological controls from one or more known donors;
- (b) a processor for accessing and analyzing data from the at least one quality control database to assist in correlating a biological test result conducted by a user with the data associated with two or more different predetermined quantities of biological controls to determine if the user conducted the biological test properly;
- (c) a storage device for storing the data analyzed by the processor;
- (d) a user computer for making requests for quality control data to and for receiving quality control data from the processor;
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- (e) a user interface for interfacing the processor and the user computer.
A computer for managing quality control data from biological samples comprising:
- (a) at least one quality control database for storing data associated with two or more different predetermined quantities of biological controls from one or more known donors;
- (b) a processor for accessing and analyzing data from the at least one quality control database to assist in correlating a biological test result conducted by a user with the data associated with two or more different predetermined quantities of biological controls to assist in determining if the user conducted the biological test properly, and
- (c) a storage device for storing the data analyzed by the processor.
A process utilizing any combination of automated liquid handling robotics, cell sorters, fluorescence activated cell sorters, microtiter plate readers, and real-time PCR DNA quantification systems for applying accurately determined quantities of cells or DNA to a support having at least one surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.