Virtual sample queues
US9835637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/11
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems can implement queues for an automation system that services a plurality of modules connected to one another by a transport mechanism, a processor can determining a desired queue for a module. An IVD analyzer can include an automation system, a plurality of stations configured to interact with objects transported by the automation system, and one or more processors that maintain a plurality of queues for at least a subset of the plurality of stations in memory and assign a plurality of the objects to each of the plurality of queues. Objects assigned to each of the plurality of queues need not be located physically proximate to a station associated with each of the plurality of queues.
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