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Method for operating automated sample workcell

A technique for working cells and samples, applied in the direction of chemical instruments and methods, containers for laboratory use, data for laboratory analysis, etc., which can solve the problem of insufficient determination of processing steps, sufficient pretreatment of biological samples, and inflexibility of working cells for analysis. Tests and other issues to avoid delays

Active Publication Date: 2012-10-31
F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE & CO AG
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[0004] The problem is that the physical shipment and handling of samples may not always be synchronized with the distribution of specific assays to said biological samples
The disadvantage of this approach is that the information on the tube type alone is often insufficient to determine all the processing steps necessary to prepare a particular biological sample for a particular assay
In the latter case, the workshop is inflexible and often not capable of adequately preconditioning biological samples for a particular assay

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[0118] figure 1 is a block diagram of a sample workspace 102 according to one embodiment of the invention. The automated sample workcell 102 comprises: a sample input station 108; at least one centrifuge 116, 117; a transport unit 118 in the form of a sample conveyor for automatically transporting the biological samples 125 to 130 from the sample input station 108 to the centrifuge 116, 117 or any of the other sample processing units 119 to 121 (eg, aliquoting station 119 or decapping / recapping station 121). The transport unit can also transport the biological sample to the sample buffer station 120, or unload the sample from the buffer station. According to the depicted embodiment, the transport unit is operable to forward at least one received biological sample to one or more analysis systems 134, 131 after one or more pre-analytical processing steps have been performed on said sample and also to Forward to post-analysis sample workshop 132.

[0119] Each sample is tagge...

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A method for operating an automated sample workcell (102, 410, 301) for processing one or more biological samples (125-130), the method comprising: - receiving (201) the one or more biological samples, each sample being contained in a sample tube, each sample tube being of a tube type (122-124),- in case a test order (104) was received for at least one of said biological samples, the test order being indicative of one or more first processing steps, operating (204) the workcell for automatically executing the one or more first processing steps, and - in case said test order was not received, determining (205) one or more second processing steps in dependence on the tube type of the sample tube that contains said at least one biological sample, and executing (206) said one or more second processing steps.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for operating an automated sample cell and an automated sample cell operable for processing biological samples. Background technique [0002] In analytical laboratories, in particular clinical laboratories, numerous analyzes are performed on biological samples in order to determine the physiological state of a patient. Current pre-analytical standard processors on the market are capable of preparing multiple biological samples such as blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, etc. Typically, biological fluid samples are contained in open or capped sample tubes. Before chemical or biological analysis can be performed on a biological sample, it may be necessary to perform a number of different pre-analytical processing steps on a patient's sample. These processing steps may include centrifugation, capping, decapping, recapping and / or aliquotation steps. The processing steps may also include adding chemicals o...

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IPC IPC(8): G01N35/00
CPCG01N35/0095G01N2035/0094B01L3/5082G01N35/0092B01L2300/021B01L2200/143G01N2035/0406G01N2035/0465G01N35/00732G01N2035/00752G01N2035/0493B01L3/5021B01L2300/023G01N2035/0462G01N2035/00495G01N2035/00891Y10T436/114165G16H10/40B04B13/00B04B2011/046G01N35/025B01L9/06B01L2300/0627G01N35/028G01N35/00871G01N35/04G01N2035/00851G01N2035/0405
Inventor F.富雷尔J.赫希勒A.克纳费尔
Owner F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE & CO AG
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