Apparatuses and methods for sample-specific self-configuration
US10307755B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/00465
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to configuring an analyzer apparatus for processing a particular sample-processing cartridge. The analyzer apparatus includes a portable container and sample-specific configuration circuitry. The portable container supports and integrates a sample-processing cartridge and the sample-specific configuration circuitry. The sample-specific configuration circuitry identifies configuration information specific to the sample-processing cartridge and configures the analyzer apparatus for a series of state configurations. The configuration can be performed by selecting which of a plurality of biological-sample stimulators to interact with the biological sample, identifying positions in the portable container for each of the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators at different times, and while the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators are in the identified positions, causing the interactions between the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators and the biological sample.
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