# US 2024/0201210 A1 · Analyzer having automatic test type sensing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201210 A1 - Document ID: US20240201210A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/555,880 - Filed: 2022-04-20 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-23 - Assignees: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. - Applicants: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. - Inventors: Manish Deshpande; Ethan Warner; Emma Orton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201210A1 ## CPC - G01N 35/00732: {Identification of carriers, materials or components in automatic analysers} - A61B 90/90: Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags - G01N 35/00871: {Communications between instruments or with remote terminals} - G06K 19/0723: {the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs} - A61B 90/98: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders - G01N 2035/00742: {Type of codes} - G01N 2035/00752: {bar codes} - G01N 2035/00772: {mechanical or optical code other than bar code} - G01N 2035/00782: {reprogrammmable code} - G01N 2035/00851: {process control parameters} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract An automated analyzer is described. The analyzer includes a housing, a consumable insert, a consumable support device, a reader and a control system. The housing has a sample port. The consumable insert has a consumable insert type and an identification component and receives a consumable. The consumable support device is disposed within the sample port, supports the consumable insert, and is moveable to a testing position within the internal cavity. The consumable support device has an identifier component configured to identify the consumable insert type based in part on the identification component and configured to output a first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type. The reader outputs a second data signal indicative of a reading from the consumable. The control system receives the first and second data signals, and interprets the second data signal based on the first data signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automated analyzer, comprising: a housing having at least one outer wall that defines an internal cavity therein, the housing having a sample port; a consumable insert having a consumable insert type and an identification component and operable to receive at least one consumable; a consumable support device disposed within the sample port and operable to support the consumable insert and moveable to a testing position within the internal cavity and a receiving position outside the internal cavity via the sample port, the consumable support device further having an identifier component configured to identify the consumable insert type based in part on the identification component and configured to output a first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type; a reader disposed within the housing and adjacent to the testing position, the reader configured to output a second data signal indicative of a reading from the at least one consumable; and a control system configured to receive the first data signal and the second data signal, and to interpret the second data signal based on the first data signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the consumable insert further comprises a first consumable port operable to receive a first consumable when the consumable insert is in a first orientation and having a second consumable port operable to receive a second consumable when the consumable insert is in a second orientation, and wherein the identifier component of the consumable support device is further configured to output the first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type based on either the first orientation or the second orientation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The automated analyzer of claim 2 wherein the consumable support device is configured to receive the consumable insert in a first orientation and a second orientation such that when the consumable insert is received by a void in the first orientation, the identifier component is in communication with the identification component, and when the consumable insert is received in the second orientation, the identifier component is not in communication with the identification component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The automated analyzer of claim 2 wherein the consumable support device is configured to receive the consumable insert in a first orientation and a second orientation such that when the consumable insert is received by the consumable support device in the first orientation, the identifier component is in communication with a first identification component and is configured to output a first signal as the first data signal, and when the consumable insert is received by the consumable insert device in the second orientation, the identifier component is in communication with the a second identification component and is configured to output a second signal as the first data signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are different. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The automated analyzer of claim 2 wherein the identifier component is a first circuit operable to measure an electrical resistance and the identification component is a second circuit operable to generate a first electrical resistance when the consumable insert is in the first orientation and a second electrical resistance when the consumable insert is in the second orientation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the consumable support device further includes a void configured to receive the consumable insert. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the identifier component is an RFID reader and the identification component is an RFID tag. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the identifier component is an imaging device and the identification component is an ID code. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the identifier component is a first circuit operable to measure an electrical resistance and the identification component is a second circuit operable to generate an electrical resistance. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The automated analyzer of claim 1 wherein the identifier component includes a key slot and the identification component is an identification key. ### Claim 11 An automated analyzer, comprising: a housing having at least one outer wall that defines an internal cavity therein, the housing having a sample port; a consumable insert having a consumable insert type and operable to receive at least one consumable; a consumable support device disposed within the sample port and operable to support the consumable insert and moveable to a testing position within the internal cavity and a receiving position outside the internal cavity via the sample port; a key slot configured to receive an identification key wherein the identification key is associated with the consumable insert type, the key slot configured to output a first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type; a reader disposed within the housing and adjacent to the testing position, the reader configured to output a second data signal indicative of a reading from the at least one consumable; and a control system configured to receive the first data signal and the second data signal, and to interpret the second data signal based on the first data signal. ### Claim 12 A method comprising: reading an identification component of a consumable insert supported by a consumable support device by an identifier component, the identification component indicative of a consumable, outputting a first data signal indicative of the consumable; and selecting an analysis workflow based on the first data signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein reading the identification component indicates the consumable insert is in a particular orientation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 wherein selecting the analysis workflow further includes selecting the analysis workflow based on the particular orientation of the consumable insert. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising executing the analysis workflow to analyze a specimen within a consumable supported by the consumable insert. ### Claim 16 A method of using an automated analyzer comprising: inserting a consumable into a consumable port of a consumable insert, the consumable being an analysis device having a specimen for analysis and having a consumable type, and the consumable insert operable to support the consumable; placing the consumable insert with a particular orientation into a consumable support device; and initiating an analysis workflow for the consumable to cause the automated analyzer to analyze the specimen without requiring manual selection of the analysis workflow. ### Claim 17 An automated analyzer, comprising: a housing having at least one outer wall that defines an internal cavity therein, the housing having a sample port; a consumable insert having a consumable insert type and an identification component and operable to receive at least one consumable; a consumable support device disposed within the sample port and operable to support the consumable insert and moveable to a testing position within the internal cavity and a receiving position outside the internal cavity via the sample port, the consumable support device further having an identifier component configured to identify the consumable insert type based in part on the identification component and configured to output a first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type; a reader disposed within the housing and adjacent to the testing position, the reader configured to output a second data signal indicative of a reading from the at least one consumable; and a control system having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to: receive the first data signal indicative of the consumable insert type; retrieve an analysis workflow corresponding with the consumable insert type from a database storing a plurality of analysis workflows; execute the analysis workflow; receive the second data signal from the reader; and interpret the second data signal based on the executed analysis workflow. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The automated analyzer of claim 17 wherein the consumable insert further comprises a first consumable port operable to receive a first consumable when the consumable insert is in a first orientation and having a second consumable port operable to receive a second consumable when the consumable insert is in a second orientation; the identifier component of the consumable support device is further configured to output the first data signal indicative of the first orientation or the second orientation as a particular orientation; and the non-transitory computer readable medium storing further computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to: receive the first data signal indicative of the particular orientation; retrieve the analysis workflow corresponding with the consumable insert type having the particular orientation from a database storing a plurality of analysis workflows, the analysis workflow being provided for the first consumable when the first data signal is indicative of the particular orientation being the first orientation and for the second consumable when the first data signal is indicative of the particular orientation being the second orientation. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The automated analyzer of claim 18 wherein the identifier component includes a key slot and the identification component is an identification key.