Patent ID: 9645159
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. An automation system for use with in vitro diagnostics comprising: a track configured to provide one or more paths; a plurality of carriers configured to move independently along the track, each of the plurality of carriers configured to hold at least one of: (i) one or more of a plurality of sample tubes; and (ii) one or more of a plurality of reagent packs containing reagents having reagent types; a plurality of local modules linked by the track, each of the plurality of modules comprising: one or more central reagent storage areas housed apart from the a plurality of local modules configured to store the one or more reagent packs and accessible to the a plurality of carriers; and a control system configured to: (i) direct the one or more reagent packs from the one or more local reagent storage areas to the one or more testing stations based on received reagent information; and (ii) direct the one or more reagent packs from the one or more central reagent storage areas to the one or more testing stations via the plurality of carriers based on the received reagent information.