US 8,985,441 B2 · Analysis system for analyzing biological samples, methods, and computer program product thereof

Abstract

An analysis system for analyzing biological samples, such as body fluids, methods implemented by the analysis system, and a computer program product for implementing the analysis system are disclosed. The system may include first and second lab devices, at least one of the lab devices may have a user identification component for identifying a user, a device identification component for identifying the lab device, and an interface component for sending a user identifier of the identified user and a device identifier of the lab device. The system may include a server computer having a server interface component for receiving the user identifier and the device identifier, and a processing component for determining a step of a workflow to be executed by the identified user, wherein the server interface component is operable to send a signal being indicative of a determined workflow to the lab device identified by the device identifier.

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Dependent claims

An analysis system for a user to analyze biological samples comprising:

a mobile device;
a first lab device;
a second lab device;
and
a server computer which assigns a first set of steps of a workflow that is read from a storage component to the first lab device and a second set of steps of the workflow to the second lab device,
wherein:
at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device comprises a user identification component for identifying the user via a user identifier for the user that is sent from the user identification component to the server computer, and
the mobile device is configured to display information contained in a signal received from the server computer which indicates at least one determined step of the workflow that is to be executed by the user identified to the server computer by the user identification component via the user identifier and which indicates which of the at least one of the first and second lab devices is to be used by the user for execution of the at least one determined step of the workflow.

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A method being implemented by an analysis system used by a user to analyze biological samples, the method comprising:

receiving by at least one of a first lab device and a second lab device a user identifier of the user, said second lab device being separate from said first lab device;
sending the user identifier of the user to a server computer networked to the at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device;
determining via the server computer using the user identifier at least one determined step from a variety of steps of a workflow that is to be executed by the user identified by the user identifier on at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device, wherein said workflow comprises at least two steps which are to be executed at different lab devices;
sending from the server computer a signal comprising the at least one determined step that is to be executed by the user identified by the user identifier on the at least one of the first lab device and the second lab device;
and
receiving the signal on a mobile device, wherein said mobile device in response to receiving the signal displays the at least one determined step that is to be executed by the user identified by the user identifier on the at least one of the first lab device and second lab device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Analysis system for analyzing biological samples, methods, and computer program product thereof

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Analysis system for analyzing biological samples, methods, and computer program product thereof

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