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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Helix Opco, Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);
Shishi Luo, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ruomu Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Magnus Isaksson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Helix, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for quality control for biological testing. One embodiment is a system that includes a liquid handler that applies samples of genetic material to a test plate comprising an array of wells, a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) device that amplifies the genetic material, and an analysis device that determines, based on a change in visual appearance of each well, a numerical value indicating whether a corresponding sample is representative of a disease state. The system also includes a quality assurance server that identifies a pattern of the numerical values, and determines a likelihood of the pattern. In an event that the likelihood is less than a threshold value, the quality assurance server flags the test plate as potentially contaminated, and in an event that the likelihood exceeds the threshold value, the quality assurance server refrains from flagging the test plate as potentially contaminated.