Cerner Innovation, Inc.

Joseph Eugene Rose

Stephen Ward

Sameer Bhatia

Anton F Flieg

Daniel Mark Kowalchuk

James D Williams

John W Easler

Jeff Raines

Nghia Tran

Dustin Scholz

John Christopher Penrod

Robert Loigner

Joseph Matthew Rudy

Systems and methods provide for an intelligent laboratory lockbox. The intelligent laboratory lockbox includes a vault unit and one or more presence sensors configured to detect a presence of a specimen within the one or more compartments of the vault unit. The presence sensor(s) may generate a load status based on sensing a specimen in the vault unit, wherein the load status includes one of a loaded status or an unloaded status. A control unit is operably connected to at least the vault unit and the one or more presence sensors. The control unit is configured to modify a specimen pickup workflow based on the load status.

Intelligent laboratory lockbox system

Systems, methods, devices, and an apparatus for capping blood sample tubes after they are processed in an automated blood sample analysis processing system are provided. One aspect describes an automated blood sample tube capping assembly configured to automatically cap a plurality of sample tubes after they are processed in an automated blood sample analysis processing system.

Automated capper for automated blood sample processing systems

Systems and methods provide for an intelligent laboratory lockbox. The intelligent laboratory lockbox self-regulates an internal temperature of one or more compartments, regardless of external temperatures. The one or more compartments can be individually climate controlled. The intelligent laboratory lockbox is in communication with a remote server, which is in communication with one or more remote sources including an electronic health record server, a courier server, and the like.

Systems, methods, devices, and apparatus for detecting sample defects in blood samples processed in automated processing systems are described herein. One aspect describes an automated blood sample processing apparatus having a pre-analytic specimen integrity monitoring device. Another aspect describes devices, systems, and methods for identifying blood components and properties in blood samples. Further aspects relate to systems and methods for setting reference ranges for sample defects and interference in blood samples. Additionally, devices, systems, and methods for identifying defective samples are described.

Specimen integrity monitoring device for automated blood sample processing systems

Sample extraction and rotation device for automated blood sample processing systems

Identifying liquid blood components from sensed data to monitor specimen integrity

Monitoring specimen integrity in automated blood sample processing system

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Joseph Eugene Rose