Patent ID: 9651519
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A sequencing device, comprising: a sensor device configured to receive a biological sample and process the biological sample during a sequencing run; a processing module coupled to the sensor device, wherein the processing module comprises processing circuitry configured to acquire sequence data representative of the nucleotide identities from the biological sample during the sequencing run; and at least one processor programmed to: receive the sequence data as the sequencing run is in progress; determine the nucleotide identities of the biological sample based on the sequence data; generate one or more files comprising the nucleotide identities; analyze the nucleotide identities to determine if the acquired sequence data from the biological sample is sufficient; and provide an indication that the sequencing device is available in response to determining that the sequence data from the biological sample is sufficient to determine a characteristic of the biological sample, wherein the indication is provided while the processing module is acquiring additional sequence data from the biological sample during the sequencing run and before the sequencing run is complete, and wherein the processor is programmed to reassign the processing module to sequence a second biological sample after sufficient sequence data from the biological sample has been acquired and before the sequencing run is complete.