System and method for providing automatically updated product inserts

• US 8,799,457 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2011
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Burdette, Daniel, Le-Thi, Phuong
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US13/100,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270974A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224, 709201-203, 709217-219, 702 81- 84, 702179-186, 600/300
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods can provide parameters of operating results for control products used in biological reactions. For example, automatically updated inserts containing such parameters for clinical quality controls can be provided. A customer can log into a website, provide lot number of quality control products, information about instruments, and tests being performed and then receive updated parameters for the products. The product inserts can be customized for or by a particular customer.

Claims

1. A method of providing parameters of operating results for one or more control products used in biological reactions, the method comprising:

creating, by a development system, one or more parameters by analyzing data points of different results relating to one or more tests;

storing the one or more parameters in a development database;

receiving, by the development system, approval of the one or more parameters;

based on the approval, sending the one or more parameters to a user database, wherein a server system is communicably coupled with the user database;

receiving, by the server system, from a customer, a request for the one or more parameters relating to the one or more tests, each test operable to test one or more analytes in a biological reaction to generate one or more analyte results and operable to test the one or more control products in a biological reaction to generate one or more control results, the one or more control results operable to confirm a quality of the one or more analyte results, wherein the request identifies the one or more analytes and the one or more control products;

accessing the user database to identify, by the server system, the one or more parameters corresponding to the request, wherein the one or more parameters specify one or more updated acceptable values for the one or more control results for confirming the quality of the one or more analyte results; and

sending the one or more parameters to the customer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the one or more control products to the customer prior to receiving the request for the parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the development and user databases are separated by a firewall.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving by the server system, customization information from the customer, wherein the identified parameters are based on the customization information.

5. The method of claim 1, where the parameters are sent as a data chart.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is an automated notification request.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating by the server system, a customized data chart based on selections made by the customer.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking the development database to determine if parameters have changed; and

sending a notification to the customer if a parameter has changed.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

the server system receiving customization information from a plurality of customers, wherein the identified parameters are based on the customization information; and

storing the customization information;

wherein sending the notification to the customer includes using the stored customization information to determine which customers have requested parameters that have changed.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a user interface for the customer to create a plurality of profiles.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

creating the plurality of profiles for the customer, each profile containing different information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the different information includes one or more selected from a group consisting of product name, lot number, tests to be performed, and instrument being used to perform a test.

13. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more updated acceptable values for the one or more control results is one or more ranges of acceptable values.

14. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more updated acceptable values for the one or more control results is one or more target values.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the request identifies a type of instrument operable to test the one or more control products to generate the one or more control results.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the request identifies a reagent operable to use with the one or more control products.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is received through a user interface on a web page, and wherein the user interface is operable to allow the customer to select a website language, product, lot number, insert language, chart units, and instructions for use as customization information.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a customization request from the customer, wherein the customization request identifies one or more selections of customization information;

organizing the customization information to a specific format;

sending the organized customization information to the user database;

sending, to a rendering engine, a request to generate an insert, wherein the rendering engine accesses the one or more parameters and the customization information stored in the user database;

rendering the insert, by the rendering engine, using the organized customization information and the one or more parameters.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the received request is a first request, and the method further comprises:

receiving a second request from the customer, wherein the second request identifies a website language and an insert language.

20. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a processor to perform an operation for providing parameters of operating results for one or more control products used in biological reactions, the instructions comprising:

creating one or more parameters by analyzing data points of different results relating to one or more tests;

storing the one or more parameters in a development database;

receiving approval of the one or more parameters;

based on the approval, sending the one or more parameters to a user database, wherein the one or more parameters are obtained from the user database;

receiving, from a customer, a request for the one or more parameters relating to the one or more tests, each test operable to test one or more analytes in a biological reaction to generate one or more analyte results and operable to test the one or more control products in a biological reaction to generate one or more control results, the one or more control results operable to confirm a quality of the one or more analyte results, wherein the request identifies the one or more analytes and the one or more control products;

accessing the user database to identify the one or more parameters corresponding to the request, wherein the one or more parameters specify one or more updated acceptable values for the one or more control results for confirming the quality of the one or more analyte results; and

sending the one or more parameters to the customer.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the instructions further comprise:

checking the development database to determine if parameters have changed; and

sending a notification to the customer if a parameter has changed.

22. A computer system comprising:

a development database containing parameters for a plurality of tests;

a user database accessible by a customer; and

a server comprising one or more processors configured to;

create one or more parameters by analyzing data points of different results relating to one or more tests;

store the one or more parameters in the development database;

receive approval of the one or more parameters;

based on the approval, send the one or more parameters to the user database;

receive, from the customer, a request for the one or more parameters relating to the one or more tests, each test operable to test one or more analytes in a biological reaction to generate one or more analyte results and operable to test one or more control products in a biological reaction to generate one or more control results, the one or more control results operable to confirm a quality of the one or more analyte results, wherein the request identifies the one or more analytes and the one or more control products;

access the user database to identify the one or more parameters corresponding to the request, wherein the one or more parameters specify one or more updated acceptable values for the one or more control results for confirming the quality of the one or more analyte results; and

send the one or more parameters to the customer.

23. The computer system of claim 22, further comprising:

another database coupled with the development database; and

a generator that determines the parameters and stores the determined parameters in the another database.

24. The computer system of claim 22, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

check the development database to determine if parameters have changed; and

send a notification to the customer if a parameter has changed.