Patent ID: 6581012
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G01N,G05B,G16H,Y02P

Abstract:
An extensible clinical laboratory object-based architecture for testing a specimen, comprising:physical element layer including at least one specimen processing module for performing at least one test on the specimen; integrated work flow automation layer, provided above the physical element layer, for communicating with said at least one specimen processing module, said work flow automation layer including programming objects which can be specialized including request processing means for processing a user request for any of said tests, functional control means for providing functional control of said at least one specimen processing module for performing any of said tests, and result data management means for processing test result data of any of said tests; an integrated user interface layer, provided above the integrated work flow automation layer, communicating with said integrated work flow automation layer for permitting a user to control and monitor said software system; and wherein the object-based architecture is extended through published interfaces of the work flow automation layer, and wherein said integrated work flow automation layer has an integrated architecture configured for performing any aspect of pre-analytical, analytical and post analytical laboratory processing of said specimens and said data.