Method editor
AssigneeGyros AB
InventorsRobert Bielik, Anders Nygard
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Abstract
The invention can be described as a Method Handler (MH), which consists of several parts used to check and create different methods for microfluidic instruments. The part that creates methods can be called the Method Editor (ME). It is used to create a scheme of operations that together with the instrument builds up an application for a specific disc type. MH also checks if a method is executable on a specific instrument. This is done in a part called Batch Run (BR).
Claims14
A process for providing a dynamic method set for treatment and/or analyses of samples, including methods associated to a special microfluidic device type used in a microfluidic system comprising at least one central processor and storage means for computer program code, the of:
- displaying predetermined operations of stored predetermined microfluidic device operations for treatment and/or analyses of samples;
- collecting a number of predetermined operations from said stored and displayed predetermined microfluidic device operations and adding said collected predetermined operations to a temporary set;
- running an edit checking step for accepting or rejecting said temporary set of operations for treatment and/or analyses of samples, wherein said edit checking step makes use of a set of rules related to the special microfluidic device type and to other logical rules;
- storing said checked and accepted microfluidic device type set of operations under a specific method name and in a format applicable for transfer to said dynamic method set.
A computer program element for providing a dynamic method set for treatment and/or analyses including methods associated to a special microfluidic device type used in a microfluidic system, the computer program code comprising at least following computer executable computer program elements:
- a user interface element, said user interface element being capable of displaying predetermined operations for treatment and/or analyses stored in a predetermined microfluidic device operations storage means;
- an operation collecting element, said collecting element being capable of collecting a number of predetermined operations from said stored and displayed predetermined microfluidic device operations;
- an adding element, said adding element being capable of adding said collected predetermined operations to a temporary set;
- an edit checking step element, said edit checking element being capable of running an edit checking step for accepting or rejecting said temporary set of operations, wherein said edit checking step makes use of a set of rules related to the special microfluidic device type and to other logical rules;
- a storing element, said storing element being capable of storing said checked and accepted microfluidic device type set of operations under a specific method name and in a format applicable for transfer to said dynamic method set.
A carrier having thereon at least one dynamic method set for treatment and/or analyses of samples including methods associated to a special microfluidic device type used in a microfluidic system comprising at least one central processor and storage means for computer program code, each method in said dynamic method set being accepted for a special microfluidic device type and defined by a specific method name and said method comprises a number of analytical operations causing the microfluidic system to perform said analytical operations in a predetermined order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.