US 12,411,148 B2
Instruments, devices and consumables for use in a workflow of a smart molecular analysis system
Shakila Pothini, Union City, CA (US); Hardeep Sangha, Union City, CA (US); Marc Haberstroh, San Jose, CA (US); Puneet Suri, Redwood City, CA (US); and Damien Luk, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,090.
Application 17/459,090 is a continuation of application No. 16/262,823, filed on Jan. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,112,416.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,080, filed on Jan. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091143 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 35/00732 (2013.01) [B01L 3/5085 (2013.01); B01L 3/54 (2013.01); B01L 3/545 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); B01L 2200/14 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); B01L 2300/022 (2013.01); B01L 2300/023 (2013.01); B01L 2300/024 (2013.01); B01L 2300/025 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0627 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0829 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00742 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00782 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00811 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00851 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00881 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for performing a molecular analysis having a molecular analysis workflow including a reagent application instruction and a reagent mixing instruction, the system comprising:
a reagent container for containing a first reagent and comprising a reagent container radio frequency identification RFID tag; and
a reaction plate comprising:
a plurality of reaction sites; and
a reaction plate radio frequency identification RFID tag, the reaction plate configured to accommodate simultaneous performance of multiple assays, wherein the reagent container RFID tag or the reaction plate RFID tag or both includes stored the molecular analysis workflow including the reagent application instruction and the reagent mixing instruction, the reagent application instruction for directing application of particular volumes of the first reagent contained within the reagent container to one or more reaction sites spotted with a second reagent of the plurality of reaction sites of the reaction plate, each reaction site of the one or more reaction sites having an amount of the second reagent spotted on each reaction site, wherein the reaction plate RFID tag includes stored identification information for identifying the one or more reaction sites spotted with the second reagent the reaction plate RFID tag or the reagent container RFID tag or both includes stored the reagent mixing instruction for mixing the amount of the second reagent spotted on a corresponding reaction site and a particular volume of the first reagent applied to the corresponding reaction site.