A dashboard interface may be displayed on a lab instrument to provide aggregate status information from a plurality of other interfaces organized into a single interface. The aggregate status information may be viewed by a nearby user of the lab instrument, and selecting portions of the information via a touchscreen display will navigate directly to a subsequent interface that may be used to view additional information or make configuration changes relating to the selected information. The dashboard may be used as a screensaver on a lab instrument when the instrument is not in use, or may be navigated to by an active user of a lab instrument, or both.

A method for providing guidance through a graphical user interface (GUI) to assist with the completion of one or more steps of an experimental process may include the following. At least one processor may receive a first command to select an experiment comprising one or more steps to be performed on an instrument or other equipment. The at least one processor may further provide a second command to display at least a subset of the one or more steps of the experiment on a UI display. The at least one processor may further provide a third command, to instruct the instrument or other equipment to at least partially carry out the one or more steps of the experiment.

The device for handling samples that are located in sample wells (2) of a sample vessel (1) and contain magnetic particles comprises a sample handling area (8) where the samples can be processed, a plurality of probes (3) that are insertable into the sample wells (2) for removing magnetic particles from the sample wells (2) or for inserting magnetic particles into the sample wells (2), and a display (13) which is located underneath the sample handling area (8).

An interactive living entity automatic sampling system includes a structure supporting components including a first sensor, a second sensor, a robotic arm, a camera, and a touchless interface, wherein the structure and the components are adapted for use in a clean room. The first sensor is adapted to sense the interactive living entity in response to the interactive living entity being at a predetermined position relative to the structure for a predetermined time. The second sensor is adapted to sense an indicia associated with the interactive living entity. In response to the second sensor sensing the indicia, the sampling system initiates an operating cycle, or continues the previously initiated operating cycle, for collecting a sample from the interactive living entity. During the operating cycle, the touchless interface provides positioning instructions to the interactive living entity in combination with the robotic arm handling a partially enclosed container for collecting the sample from the interactive living entity.

A laboratory automation device comprises a workspace with liquid containers and a pipetting arm for moving liquids between the liquid containers; a housing enclosing the workspace; a door of the housing for accessing the workspace, wherein the door comprises a transparent display for displaying information and for allowing a person to view into the workspace and a tracking sensor for tracking an eye position of the person. The laboratory automation device is adapted for determining the eye position of the person from sensor data acquired with the tracking sensor; and for displaying information for a notification area in the workspace on the transparent display, such that the information is displayed from a perspective of the person in front of the notification area.

The present disclosure refers to a method for detecting and reporting an operation error in an in-vitro diagnostic system (1) for determining a sample of a bodily fluid, comprising: providing a plurality of sample vessels (2) each containing a sample of a bodily fluid; and providing a plurality of functional modules (3), comprising an analysis device (4) configured to determine the sample, a handling system (5) configured to handle the plurality of sample vessels (2), and an automation track (6) provided by the handling system (5) and configured to transport the plurality of sample vessels (2) to the analysis device (4). The method further comprises: providing an operation control device (7) connected to at least one of the functional modules (3) and configured to control operation of the at least one functional module (3), and comprising one or more data processors (8), wherein an application software is running on the one or more data processors (8) for controlling operation of the at least one functional module (3); controlling operation of the at least one functional module (3) by the operation control device (7); and detecting and reporting an operation error by an error detecting and reporting device (9), comprising: detecting the operating error for the operation of at least one of the plurality of functional modules (3) and the operation control device (7), providing error data indicative of the operation error, receiving a user input through a user interface (10) after detecting the operation error, providing labelling data in response to receiving the user input, the labelling data being indicative of information related to the operating error in addition to the error data, providing error report data comprising the error data and the labelling data, and transmitting the error report data to an error repository (11) remotely located with respect to both the plurality of functional modules (3) and the operation control device (7); receiving the error report data in a machine learning process running in a data processing device connected to the error repository (11); processing the error report data by the machine learning process in the data processing device; providing a application software update for the application software in response to the processing of the error report data by the machine learning process in the data processing device; providing the application software update to the operation control device (7); and controlling operation of the at least

Graphical user interface for managing a workflow of a slide scanning system. In an embodiment, the graphical user interface comprises a graphical representation of a carousel used by the scanning system. The graphical representation of the carousel comprises a graphical representation of each of a plurality of rack slots, configured to receive slide racks. The graphical representation of the carousel indicates a position of the carousel, and the graphical representation of each of the plurality of rack slots indicates a status of the represented rack slot and/or a slide rack within the represented rack slot.

It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

A cancer cell detection device includes a computer with a database and a display and a microscope coupled to the computer. The microscope has a base upon which a biopsy sample can be placed. The device further includes a camera coupled to the microscope and computer. The camera is configured to capture images of the biopsy sample. The device also has a filter configured to attach to the microscope and a connection feature for connecting the computer to the camera and the filter. The computer further includes a processor that processes the images captured by the camera and classifies the images according to known variables stored in the database.

Embodiments of a platelet testing system include an analyzer console device and a blood testing cartridge configured to releasably install into the console device. The cartridge device is configured with one or more measuring chambers and one or more mixing chambers that are fluidically connected within the cartridge device that enable the mixing of saline and a blood sample to a desired dilution. Additionally, the cartridge device is further configured with a cartridge slider that provides a reagent bead to the saline and blood mixture at a desired time. As such, one or more platelet activation assays can be conducted by measuring, through cartridge electrodes of the cartridge device, the detectable changes in platelet activity within the blood and saline mixture.