Laboratory instrument with access control device and method for instrument-controlled treatment of laboratory samples

US10466262B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Wolfgang Goemann-Thoss · Hamburg, DE
• Wolf Wente · Hamburg, DE
• Andreas Thieme · Hamburg, DE
• Jan-Gerd Frerichs · Norderstedt, DE
• Christiane Markau · Hamburg, DE
• Jan-Hendrik Hacker · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/11
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an access control device for a laboratory instrument serving for the instrument-controlled treatment of a laboratory sample and this laboratory instrument, and also to a method for controlling the access to functions of the laboratory instrument by means of the access control device, wherein the access control device comprises: a first interface apparatus and a second interface apparatus; and a control apparatus wherein the control apparatus is configured: a) to establish one or more first data connections to one or more user interface apparatuses via the first interface apparatus; b) to establish a second data connection to the laboratory instrument via the second interface apparatus; and c) to control authorizations and/or access permissions for user access to functions of the laboratory instrument via the first and second data connections.