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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Kerry Lynn Miller, Elkton, MD (US);
Inventor:
Kerry Lynn Miller, Elkton, MD (US);
Assignee:
Dade Behring Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for automatically operating a sample handling system and associated analyzers to conduct assays on a number of patient samples by comparing the assays to be conducted with a set of assay defined rules, subdividing the analyzers into analyzers which are in compliance with the assay defined rules and analyzers not in compliance with the set of assay defined rules; thereafter, operating the system to supply patient samples to analyzers in compliance or operating the system so as to bring at least one analyzer into compliance with the assay defined rules and supplying patient samples to such an analyzer.