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Systems and methods for tracking and providing workflow information

  • US 9,767,425 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2013
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling a physical laboratory station based on data related to a physical laboratory, the system comprising:

  • a workflow server configured to communicate with the physical laboratory station located within the physical laboratory to receive data related to the physical laboratory station;

    a display device; and

    an interface component configured to;

    control display of a virtual laboratory configured to provide a graphical representation of the physical laboratory, the virtual laboratory having one or more virtual laboratory stations graphically representative of one or more corresponding physical laboratory stations, wherein relative positions of the virtual laboratory stations within the virtual laboratory reflect the corresponding physical laboratory stations within the physical laboratory;

    receive a user selection of a selected virtual laboratory station displayed within the virtual laboratory that corresponds to the physical laboratory station;

    generate a supplemental view of the selected virtual laboratory station in response to the user selection, wherein the supplemental view provides supplemental information on processing of a tissue specimen by the corresponding physical laboratory station graphically represented by the selected virtual laboratory station;

    control display of a specimen indicator positioned to overlap a location within the virtual laboratory that corresponds to a location of the tissue specimen within the physical laboratory, the specimen indicator configured to change a graphical characteristic based on a qualified current specimen state of the tissue specimen as the tissue specimen is processed according to a workflow within the physical laboratory,if a selected warning event occurs at the physical laboratory station, detect a warning event at the physical laboratory station, andin response to detection of any warning event display a supplemental view of warning data related to the warning event, and enable control of the physical laboratory station during said warning event;

    wherein enabling control of the physical laboratory station during said warning event includes shutting down a laboratory device at the physical laboratory station.

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