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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Elemental Scientific, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Michael P. Field, Papillion, NE (US);
Daniel R. Wiederin, Omaha, NE (US);
Guosheng Zhang, Omaha, NE (US);
Kevin Hahn, Urbandale, IA (US);
Liang Zhang, Omaha, NE (US);
Michael Le, Omaha, NE (US);
Karl Hauke, Warranwood, AU;
Elemental Scientific, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing a sample preparation and analysis system based on detected unique sample identities and locations is described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample analysis information system communicatively connected with each of a sample data manager, a sample logging manager, and a sample preparation system, wherein the sample data manager stores on the sample analysis information system a sample type with a sample type protocol for execution by the sample preparation system, the sample logging manager assigns the sample type with a unique identifier positioned on a sample container, and the sample preparation system includes an identifier capture device to identify the unique identifier, access the sample type protocol from the sample analysis information system, and execute the sample type protocol responsive to a queue associated with a sample order assigned to the sample type via the sample data manager.