Patent ID: 11947344
Assignee: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. The method according to claim 3, further comprising,
distinguishing between maintenance processes of a first type of maintenance processes having a first expected duration and a second type of maintenance processes having a second expected duration, the second duration being longer than the first duration;
scheduling a maintenance process of a first type by the diagnostic instrument such that the probability of use of the diagnostic instrument, at the time the maintenance process of the first type is scheduled to be carried out, is below a first usage probability threshold; and
scheduling a maintenance process of a second by the diagnostic instrument such that the probability of use of the diagnostic instrument, at the time the maintenance process of the second type is scheduled to be carried out, is below a second usage probability threshold, the second usage probability threshold being lower than the first usage probability threshold.