US 12,226,776 B2
Preparing substances in a medical diagnostic system
Demetrio Sanchez-Martinez, Bedford, MA (US); and Joshua Shreve, Bedford, MA (US)
Assigned to Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,351.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139694 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50825 (2013.01) [G01N 1/286 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0689 (2013.01); B01L 2200/146 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/048 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0487 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2866 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
controlling a probe to aspirate air into a shaft of the probe; and
controlling the probe to dispense air from the shaft into a container to mix at least a first substance and a second substance;
wherein the instructions that are executable are specific to substances being mixed, the substances being mixed including the first substance and the second substance, and wherein the instructions that are executable are specific to an assay to be performed using the first substance and the second substance; and
wherein the operations comprise, prior to aspirating the air, controlling the probe to aspirate the second substance into the shaft, to cause the shaft to enter the container containing the first substance, and to dispense the second substance into the container.