Systems and methods for optimizing an instrument system workflow
Inventors
Thaker, Darshan • FOWLER, Matthew E. • Nedungadi, Samira A. • Banda Villanueva, Daniel A. • Bruhn, Brandon R. • Bozinovic, Nenad • Mobilia, Kellen C.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11802883-B2
Publication Date
2023-10-31
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Abstract
A system and a method for dynamically optimizing an instrument system workflow based on operational monitoring and managing of a workflow for a hardware system. The system includes instrument resources and sample chambers, each resource and chamber with a dedicated sensor configured to acquire data. The system further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the instrument resources and sample chambers. The computing device includes a software application or program comprising a workflow builder, an execution engine, an analytics engine, a virtual system modeling engine, and an optional machine learning engine.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a system for dynamically updating an instrument system workflow by using instrument resource sensors and sample chamber sensors to acquire data. A computing device is communicatively connected to the instrument resources and the sample chambers, or to the sensors thereof.
The computing device executes software components that include a workflow builder, a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, and an execution engine. The workflow builder allows a user to create or customize an instrument workflow program for execution by the instrument system, and the virtual system modeling engine updates the instrument workflow program using a model of the instrument system and generates an updated instrument workflow program intended to optimize efficiency.
The analytics engine monitors realtime data output from the instrument resource sensors or the sample chamber sensors and initiates a calibration operation to update the model when a variance condition is detected in the data output. The execution engine processes the updated instrument workflow program and provides operating instructions to the instrument resources or the sample chambers.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims (system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium) cover dynamic updating of an instrument system workflow using sensor-acquired data, variance condition detection, model updating via a calibration operation, and generation of an updated instrument workflow program to optimize efficiency. Across the independent claims, the coverage is built from five shared inventive features.
Sensor-based data acquisition at instrument resources and sample chambers
An instrument system comprising one or more instrument resources each having an instrument resource sensor configured to acquire data from the instrument resource, and one or more sample chambers each having a sample chamber sensor configured to acquire data from the sample chamber.
Workflow building and customization of an instrument workflow program
A workflow builder comprising software instructions which, when executed by the computing device, allow a user to create or customize an instrument workflow program configured for execution by the instrument system.
Virtual system model updates to regenerate an updated instrument workflow program
A virtual system modeling engine comprising software instructions which, when executed by the computing device, update the instrument workflow program utilizing a model of the instrument system and generate an updated instrument workflow program intended to optimize efficiency.
Analytics monitoring to initiate calibration when variance condition is detected
An analytics engine comprising software instructions which, when executed by the computing device, monitor realtime data output from the instrument resource sensors or the sample chamber sensors and initiate a calibration operation to update the model when a variance condition is detected in the data output.
Execution of updated workflow program with operating instructions
An execution engine comprising software instructions which, when executed by the computing device, process the updated instrument workflow program and provide operating instructions to the instrument resources or the sample chambers.
Across the independent claims, the core inventive concept is the dynamic regeneration of an optimized instrument workflow program based on sensor-acquired data, variance condition detection, and model updating via calibration, followed by providing operating instructions to the instrument resources and sample chambers.
Stated Advantages
Optimize efficiency of instrument resource utilization through an updated instrument workflow program.
Documented Applications
Dynamically updating an instrument system workflow by acquiring realtime data from instrument resource sensors and sample chamber sensors, detecting variance conditions, updating a model via calibration, regenerating an optimized workflow program, and providing operating instructions to the instrument resources or the sample chambers.
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