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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Benjamin Samuel Pollack, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Colin Mellars, Dover, NJ (US);
Baris Yagci, Whippany, NJ (US);
Benjamin Samuel Pollack, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Colin Mellars, Dover, NJ (US);
Baris Yagci, Whippany, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems can implement queues for an automation system that services a plurality of modules connected to one another by a transport mechanism, a processor can determining a desired queue for a module. An IVD analyzer can include an automation system, a plurality of stations configured to interact with objects transported by the automation system, and one or more processors that maintain a plurality of queues for at least a subset of the plurality of stations in memory and assign a plurality of the objects to each of the plurality of queues. Objects assigned to each of the plurality of queues need not be located physically proximate to a station associated with each of the plurality of queues.