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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Christopher Schofield, Rotkreuz, CH;
Daniel Arnold, Merenschwand, CH;
Moritz Von Hopffgarten, Heidelberg, DE;
Werner Smit, Hagendorn, CH;
Chye Yin Priscillia Tan, Ibach, CH;
Florian Reinhard Rauscher, Rotkreuz, CH;
Angelos Chotzidis, Stuttgart, DE;
Carlos Fernándes Gulias, Barcelona, ES;
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of operating an analytical laboratory is disclosed. The method comprises receiving and identifying sample containers and sorting them into a sample rack, retrieving an order list A comprising test orders corresponding to the sample containers within the sample rack, determining an optimal transportation route for the sample rack based on the order list A, a set of constraints and an objective function, the optimal transportation route being indicative of a list and/or sequence of laboratory instrument(s) required to complete the order list A, re-determining the optimal transportation route upon a change of the constraint(s) and/or of the objective function, transporting the sample rack to one or more of the laboratory instruments according to the optimal transportation route by the sample transportation system, and processing the biological samples according to the corresponding test orders by the target laboratory instrument(s).