US 12,241,863 B2
Electrophoresis apparatus, electrophoresis system, and method of controlling electrophoresis apparatus
Hidesato Kumagai, Kyoto (JP); Akihiro Arai, Kyoto (JP); and Akira Harada, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/158,239.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-012402 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0231608 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 27/447 (2006.01); G01N 27/453 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 27/44791 (2013.01) 14 Claims
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14. A method of controlling an electrophoresis apparatus, the method comprising:
setting a schedule in which an order of a plurality of electrophoresis processes is defined, the schedule including electrophoresis processes for a first chip including a first chip pre-process, first main electrophoresis process, a third main electrophoresis process, and a first chip cleaning process and also including electrophoresis processes for a second chip including a second chip pre-process, a second main electrophoresis process, and a second chip cleaning process;
when the electrophoresis processes for the first chip and the electrophoresis processes for the second chip end without receiving a stop signal initiated by a user during the electrophoresis processes from an information processing apparatus, completing the electrophoresis processes for the first chip and the electrophoresis processes for the second chip before any cleaning occurs, and
when a stop signal initiated by the user during the electrophoresis processes from the information processing apparatus is received while the first main electrophoresis process defined in the schedule is being performed and the third main electrophoresis process has not yet been performed, delaying the third main electrophoresis process to allow the user to add a new sample for a new sample main process, and controlling the electrophoresis mechanism to perform a cleaning process that is not defined in the schedule on the first chip before performing the third main electrophoresis process.