Patent ID: 6203990
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G16B

Abstract:
A system for generating information based on biological samples, comprising:a biological assay device that analyzes a two dimensionally spaced set of biological samples and produces a set of data therefrom, wherein the biological samples include at least one control sample, wherein the set of data includes x-axis and y-axis spatial coordinate values and a quantitative value for each biological sample, and wherein the set of data may include unwanted values; anda computer having a processor and memory, wherein the computer receives the set of data from the biological assay device, stores the set of data in the memory, and wherein the processor:determines a two dimensional location of the at least one control sample based on the set of data;identifies x-axis and y-axis spatial coordinates for the biological samples in the set of data based on the determined two dimensional location of the at least one control sample;filters the quantitative values of for at least some of the biological samples, from the unwanted values, in the set of data, based on the identified x-axis and y-axis spatial coordinates; andanalyzes the filtered quantitative values of each biological sample, respectively, by comparing the quantitative value of a first portion of the filtered quantitative values of each respective biological sample at a first pair of x-axis and y-axis spatial coordinates with a sum of the quantitative value of the first portion and the quantitative value of a second portion of the filtered quantitative values of each respective biological sample at a second pair of x-axis and y-axis spatial coordinates to produce a displayable report of the analyzed quantitative values.