Patent ID: 11866763
Assignee: SELUX DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for performing antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) methods in an AST system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an AST system comprising at least one test carrier, each test carrier comprising at least one panel receptor configured to securely position an antimicrobial test panel;
receiving a test scope through a graphical user interface (GUI) of a workstation;
executing a workflow associated with the test scope including controlling selection of a test carrier and one or more antimicrobial test panels in response to the test scope;
displaying workflow instructions on the GUI of the workstation for the selected workflow to control population of the test carrier with one or more antimicrobial test panels;
grouping at least two samples together requiring similar test scopes;
assigning one or more sample groups to the antimicrobial test panels, wherein the assignment is configured to maximize at least one of utilization of the test carrier, reduction of laboratory waste, decrease in test latencies, or combinations thereof;
performing antimicrobial susceptibility testing on the at least two different samples in parallel with the one or more antimicrobial test panels; and
collecting results of the antimicrobial susceptibility testing.