Status displaying sample carriers
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
InventorsAlexander Gelbman, Benjamin Samuel Pollack
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Abstract
An automation system for an in vitro diagnostics environment includes a plurality of intelligent carriers that include onboard processing and navigation capabilities. To aid in operator handling of payloads and carriers, carriers include an electronically rewritable display on a surface visible to an operator. The display can include an LCD, E-ink, or other rewritable display and can utilize color, pattern, or text to convey status information of the payloads to the operator.
Claims39
A carrier for use in an in vitro diagnostics environment comprising:
- a bracket for accepting one or more payloads;
- and
- at least one surface having an electronically rewritable display,
- wherein the carrier automatically updates the electronically rewritable display to provide a visual indication of status information regarding the one or more payloads.
A method for displaying status information of one or more payloads being transported in an in vitro diagnostics environment comprising the steps of:
- associating information pertaining to the one or more payloads with a carrier holding the one or more payloads;
- receiving, by the carrier, status information pertaining to the one or more payloads;
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- displaying the status information on an electronically rewritable surface of the carrier.
A carrier for use in an in vitro diagnostics environment comprising:
- an electronically rewriteable display configured to display status information;
- a processor configured to update the electronically rewriteable display;
- and
- a wireless receiver configured to receive the status information for display,
- wherein the status information relates to the status of one or more payloads being carried by the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.