System and Method of Automatically Preparing and Analyzing Urine Samples for Identifying Cancer Cells

A method of automatically preparing and analyzing urine samples for identifying cancer cells, the method comprises the steps of:

• (A) providing at least one source sample, at least one manipulator arm, at least one centrifuge, at least one electronic microscope, and at least one unitary controller, wherein the unitary controller is communicably coupled to the manipulator arm, the centrifuge, and the electronic microscope, wherein a cytopathological index is stored on the unitary controller;
• (B) preparing the source sample into a plurality of sample tubes with the manipulator arm, wherein each sample tube includes a sample identification;
• (C) loading the sample tubes into the centrifuge with the manipulator arm;
• (D) executing a separation process on the sample tubes with the centrifuge;
• (E) removing the sample tubes from the centrifuge with the manipulator arm;
• (F) extracting a plurality of sediment samples with the manipulator arm, wherein each sample tube is associated to a corresponding sediment sample from the plurality of sediment samples;
• (G) preparing a plurality of sample slides with the manipulator arm, wherein each sediment sample is associated to a corresponding sample slide from the plurality of sample slides;
• (H) collecting general image data of each sample slide with the electronic microscope;
• (I) designating a plurality of cellular contacts from the general image data of each sample slide with the unitary controller;
• (J) assessing a cytopathological classification for each cellular contact of each sample slide in accordance to the cytopathological index with the unitary controller;
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• (K) generating a sample report with the unitary controller by compiling the cytopathological classification for each cellular contact of each sample slide.