Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Gmbh

F. Hoffmann-la Roche Ag

Mohsin Reza

Mohammadreza Mahmudimanesh

Shubin Ren

Soraya Garcia Bustos

Daniel Diez Diaz-Calonge

Sophia Bruntsch

Walter Ebner

A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The laboratory sample distribution system comprises a number of sample container carriers. The sample container carriers are adapted to carry one or more sample containers. The sample containers comprise samples to be analyzed by a number of laboratory stations. The laboratory sample distribution system also comprises a transport plane. The transport plane is adapted to support the sample container carriers. The method comprises allocating an area of the transport plane as a buffer area. The buffer area is adapted to store a variable number of sample container carriers. The method also comprises controlling the buffer area using a puzzle-based control scheme or using an aisle-based control scheme as a function of a storage density of the buffer area.

Method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system, laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system

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Stuttgart, Germany

Mohsin Reza