A sample receptacle can be used for ordering assays to be performed by an automatic sample processing instrument. The sample receptacle can include a body defining a chamber for containing a sample and a label. The label can include discrete areas configured to be altered from a first assay order state to a second assay order state. Each discrete area has a known association with a different assay. The label can also include assay-identifying indicia indicating the respective assay associated with a respective discrete area. A method of processing a sample in a receptacle having one or more assay order states can include automatically determining assay order states of the discrete areas and performing an assay on the sample, using the automatic sample processing instruments, based on the determined assay order states of the discrete areas.

Tissue sample management systems include a central network, a medical professional system, and a pathology lab system for processing a tissue sample in a matrix having a sectionable code. At least the pathology lab system includes at least one imaging device, and the central network is configured to process images from the at least one imaging device to identify and record at least the sectionable code of the matrix. Methods for tissue sample processing include providing a matrix having a sectionable code and measurement marks, the matrix for receiving a tissue sample, and identifying the sectionable code from an image taken of the tissue sample in the matrix. Tissue sample-receiving matrices include a sectionable alphanumeric code or bar code, a tissue sample receptacle, and measurement marks formed along a sidewall thereof. The matrices include one or more proteins and one or more lipids.

A sample information setting method for setting information on a sample in an injection device for injecting a sample into each of a plurality of injection targets, includes a step of displaying a plurality of first images corresponding to the plurality of injection targets, respectively; a step of displaying a second image showing, as a menu, information on at least one sample capable of being set to the injection target corresponding to the first image included in a region within an array of the plurality of injection targets, in response to completion of a first operation of selecting the region by a dragging operation, the region including the first image of the injection target; and a step of setting the information on the sample selected by a second operation to the injection target corresponding to the first image included in the region.

A high throughput system and method for analyzing the effects of a plurality of agents on planaria is disclosed. Multiple test zones are provided, where each test zone contains at least a portion of one planarian. The planaria in each test zone are then exposed to at least one agent, the test zones are sealed, and at various times, the test zones are moved automatically between a storage location and at least one assay station. At each assay station, the test zones are exposed to a set of conditions, and an image or video of the planaria in the test zones are captured. Automated image or video analysis is used to are evaluate and determine whether the agent has an effect.

To provide a conveyance device that is more user-friendly than conventional devices, and further enhance workability, a conveyance device that conveys a container accommodating a sample to an analysis device includes: a pallet in which a plurality of installation portions is provided, the container being installed in the installation portions; sensors that are provided for the respective installation portions in one-to-one correspondence, and acquire container information that is information obtained when the container is installed; a conveyance unit that picks up the container installed in the pallet, and conveys the container to the analysis device; and a conveyance control unit that causes the conveyance unit to pick up the container in accordance with a pick-up order determined on the basis of the container information.

A method for adapting a processing of an in particular biological sample using a processing unit includes identifying a cartridge in an identification region for a processing parameter, reading the processing parameter from the identified cartridge by the processing unit and adapting the processing depending on the processing parameter, and processing the sample in the cartridge with the processing unit.

Apparatuses for processing tissue samples, including a matrix configured to receive and process multiple tissue samples. The matrix may include a plurality of carriers, each carrier configured to receive a respective tissue sample, the carriers formed of a tunable material including one or more proteins and one or more lipids. The matrix may also include a support member configured to hold the plurality of carriers, the support member formed of the tunable material and including a sectionable code configured to uniquely identify the matrix.

Disclosed is a smearing apparatus including a printer configured to print the machine-readable code on the slide glass to achieve both the continuation of smear specimen preparation and the identification of the slide glass. The smearing apparatus obtains, by the controller of the smearing apparatus, information regarding an availability of the machine-readable code printed by the printer, and performs, by the controller, a first control of printing the machine-readable code on the slide glass by the printer, or a second control different from the first control.

The present disclosure relates to blood sample preparation devices and methods. In some embodiments, a method for preparing a blood sample comprises: receiving at a sample preparation machine a sample container containing the blood sample; scanning an identifier of the sample container, the identifier containing information indicative of a characteristic of at least one of the sample container or the blood sample contained therein, actuating, after the scanning, and based on the information, the sample container to repeatedly change a position of the sample container; determining, based on the information, whether the sample container should be centrifuged; and transporting the sample container to a centrifuge to be centrifuged and then to a storage compartment when the determining indicates that the sample container should be centrifuged, and to the storage compartment without entering the centrifuge when the determining indicates that the sample container should not be centrifuged.

Body fluid sample carrier for use in a body fluid analyser and body fluid analyser using a body fluid sample carrier, wherein the body fluid sample carrier has a plurality of rack receptacles and a plurality of marker receptacles for receiving corresponding markers in order to improve the association between racks positioned on the carrier and the correct position on the carrier.