US 6,981,640 B2 | ||
Method and system for assisted culling and reformatting of encoded microtubes | ||
Michael Stanley Routburg, West Hartford, Conn. (US); and Kenneth Hendrata, Danbury, Conn. (US) | ||
Assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, Conn. (US) | ||
Filed on Aug. 27, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/650,902. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0049799 A1, Mar. 03, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/60 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 235—382 | 17 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
(a) retrieving selection decisions associated with a plurality of samples stored in corresponding containers positioned in
a structure in a certain configuration, wherein each sample is stored in a corresponding container and each selection decision
is associated with a sample in a container indicating a certain operation to be performed on the corresponding container;
(b) reading, continuously, identification information of the samples in the containers contained in the structure;
(c) displaying a selection map display for samples in the containers of the structure, wherein the read identification information
of each sample is shown at corresponding positions consistent with the configuration of the containers in the structure and
a selection decision associated with the sample is integrally shown at the corresponding positions of the display;
(d) performing an operation with respect to each sample according to a selection decision associated with the sample;
(e) receiving updated identification information continuously read from the containers remaining in the structure; and
(f) updating the selection map display according to the updated identification information and the selection decisions.
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