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Methods and systems for using a cloud computing environment to configure and sell a biological sample preparation cartridge and share related data

  • US 9,805,407 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2013
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for sharing and monitoring use of protocols for assays utilizing variable configuration sample preparation cartridges to prepare biological samples in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

  • receiving from a submitter, at a server, a protocol for an assay utilizing a variable configuration sample preparation cartridge to prepare a biological sample on the cloud computing environment, wherein the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge is structurally configured to be utilized with different protocols for assays that utilize the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge for preparing biological samples including the protocol, and the protocol comprises processor-executable instructions for automatic sample preparation by a sample preparation device utilizing the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge;

    storing the protocol on a memory of the server;

    monitoring, at a processor of the server, for a request from a requester for the protocol;

    receiving, at the server, from the requester the request for the protocol;

    crediting, at the processor, the submitter with a purchase credit from a supplier of the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge for at least one request for the protocol;

    conferring, at the processor, a certified status to the protocol upon the processor determining that at least a number of requests for the protocol by requesters meets a specific criterion; and

    communicating the protocol to the requester, the requester having access to the cloud computing environment based on purchase of the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge, wherein the processor-executable instructions of the protocol are configured to, when executed, cause the sample preparation device to operate on the variable configuration sample preparation cartridge.

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