Automated Laboratory Instrument
Assigneec/o Roche Diagnostics International AG
InventorsFlorian Egli, Jaroslaw Maciej Meier
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Abstract
An automated laboratory instrument is provided for analysing biological samples. The automated laboratory instrument includes a controller for coordinating the automated laboratory instrument. The controller is configured to cause the automated laboratory instrument to execute one or more processing runs, where each processing run includes one or more protocols to carry out on each of the biological samples, monitor a total number of processing runs completed by the laboratory instrument, and trigger an instrument maintenance routine to be performed on the automated laboratory instrument when the total number of processing runs exceeds a predetermined run threshold.
Claims15
An automated laboratory instrument for analysing biological samples, the automated laboratory instrument comprising a controller for coordinating the automated laboratory instrument,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- cause the automated laboratory instrument to execute one or more processing runs, each processing run comprising one or more protocols to carry out on each of the biological samples;
- monitor a total number of processing runs completed by the laboratory instrument;
- and
- trigger an instrument maintenance routine to be performed on the automated laboratory instrument when the total number of processing runs exceeds a predetermined run threshold.
A computer-implemented method of triggering maintenance of an automated laboratory instrument,
- the automated laboratory instrument being configured to execute one or more processing runs, each processing run comprising one or more protocols to carry out on each of the biological samples,
- wherein the method comprises:
- monitoring a total number of processing runs completed by the laboratory instrument, and
- triggering an instrument maintenance routine to be performed on the automated laboratory instrument when the total number of processing runs exceeds a predetermined run threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.