CN112151131A

CN112151131A - Sample scheduling method, and setting method and system of sample priority

Info

Publication number: CN112151131A
Application number: CN201910580285.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王鑫润
Original assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-28
Filing date: 2019-06-28
Publication date: 2020-12-29

Abstract

A sample scheduling method, a sample priority setting method, a cascaded sample analysis system and a pipeline system comprise: acquiring time corresponding to a sample to be tested; determining the time period of the sample according to the time corresponding to the sample; obtaining a sample type of a sample to be tested; and scheduling the samples according to the time period and the sample type to which the samples belong to test, so that the invention provides a scheduling mode and strategy which are more flexible and can meet the diversified requirements of users.

Description

Sample scheduling method, and setting method and system of sample priority

Technical Field

The invention relates to a sample scheduling method, a sample priority setting method, a cascaded sample analysis system and a pipeline system.

Background

The clinical laboratory tests the patient sample and has clear requirements on the TAT time of the sample test, namely the time for the patient sample to make a test report, besides the accuracy of the result.

Different hospitals in different regions have different requirements on the time for sending test reports of each batch of samples, for example, part of hospitals require that all samples sent to test before 1 PM on the day need to send test reports before 4 PM on the day, and samples sent to test after 1 PM on the next day need to be tested and send test reports before 4 PM on the next day (except emergency samples); some hospitals require that samples sent for testing before 9 am be reported before 11 am, samples between 9 am and 11 am be reported before 1 pm, samples between 11 am and 1 pm be reported before 3 pm, and samples after 1 pm be tested the next day; some hospitals also require that biochemical outpatient samples 9 am before half a morning be reported 11 am, and other samples 1 pm before be reported 3 pm.

Some hospitals can adopt a small number of single instruments due to the small sample amount of daily tests, and manually input samples into each instrument in turn for testing, so that the time requirement of the hospitals for test reports of samples in different batches can be met. For hospitals with large sample sizes, a plurality of instruments are generally cascaded, samples are input in a centralized manner, and then different samples are dispatched to corresponding instruments according to a certain priority to be tested, so that the testing efficiency is improved, and the labor is saved; if the requirements of the test quantity cannot be met after the plurality of instruments are cascaded, the plurality of instruments, the sample pre-processing module and the sample post-processing module can be further combined together to form a sample test pipeline system, so that the overall test efficiency is further improved, and the labor is saved.

The measurement efficiency is continuously improved from a single machine to a cascade system and then to a production line system. However, the scheduling design of the sample testing system of each manufacturer still cannot well meet the above condition that there is a clear time requirement for the test reports of different batches of samples, because as long as the user inputs and starts the sample test, the system will input the samples into the system in sequence based on the time of the sample input and then perform the test, but for the cascade system and the pipeline system, the reason for improving the testing efficiency is the parallel test, but because of the parallel test, the prior samples cannot be tested preferentially on each instrument, while the item configurations of the same type of instrument are often complementary or only partially overlapped, so that the prior samples need to be tested by a plurality of instruments to complete all the test items, and the aforementioned parallel test strategy causes the later samples to be arranged at the former positions on some instruments, the test on other instruments is affected, and the sample with the prior input time enters the instrument for testing, so that the test efficiency of the sample with the prior input time is reduced, and the TAT time of the sample is prolonged. For example, a previous batch of samples needs to be tested on a first instrument and a second instrument, and a subsequent batch of samples needs to be tested on a second instrument, in order to improve efficiency, when the previous batch of samples is tested on the first instrument, the subsequent batch of samples may be dispatched to the second instrument for testing, and when the previous batch of samples is tested on the first instrument, the subsequent batch of samples may not be tested on the second instrument, because the previous batch of samples needs to wait for the subsequent batch of samples to be tested on the second instrument, the previous batch of samples may not be tested previously due to parallel testing, and thus, the condition that the test report of different batches of samples has clear time requirements cannot be met well is caused.

Therefore, the existing method for scheduling and testing samples is not flexible and needs to be further improved.

Disclosure of Invention

The application discloses a sample scheduling method, a sample priority setting method, a cascaded sample analysis system and a pipeline system, and provides a more flexible scheduling mode and strategy.

According to a first aspect, there is provided in one embodiment a method of sample scheduling, comprising:

acquiring time corresponding to a sample to be tested;

determining the time period of the sample according to the time corresponding to the sample;

obtaining a sample type of a sample to be tested;

and scheduling the samples according to the time period and the sample type of the samples to test.

In an embodiment, the scheduling the sample according to the time period and the sample type to which the sample belongs includes:

determining the priority degree of the sample according to the time period and the type of the sample to which the sample belongs;

and scheduling the samples according to the priority degrees of the samples.

In one embodiment, determining the priority of the sample according to the time period to which the sample belongs and the type of the sample includes:

determining the time period priority of the samples according to the time periods to which the samples belong; the priority of the time period corresponding to the prior time period is higher than that of the time period corresponding to the later time period;

determining a sample type priority of the sample according to at least the sample type of the sample;

and determining the priority degree of the samples according to the time period priority and the sample type priority of the samples.

In one embodiment, the determining the sample type priority of the sample based on at least the sample type of the sample comprises: and determining the sample type priority of the sample in the time period according to the time period and the sample type to which the sample belongs.

In one embodiment, determining the priority level of the sample according to the time period priority level and the sample type priority level of the sample includes: the higher the time period priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the time period priority of the sample is the same, the higher the sample type priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample.

In an embodiment, the scheduling the samples according to their priorities includes:

for any centrifugal module, when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not have a sample to be dispatched to the centrifugal module, dispatching the sample needing centrifugation in the samples with the low time period priority to the centrifugal module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one decapping module, when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not have a sample to be scheduled to the decapping module, scheduling the sample needing decapping in the samples with the low priority in the time period to the decapping module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any analysis module, when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, scheduling the sample needing to be scheduled to the analysis module in the samples with the low priority in the time period to the analysis module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one of the filming/capping modules, the sample needing to be filmed/capped in the sample with the low time period priority is dispatched to the filming/capping module when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not exist.

In an embodiment, the scheduling the samples according to their priorities further includes:

if a plurality of samples needing to be dispatched to the centrifugal module exist in the samples with the priority in the same time period, dispatching the samples with high sample type priority to the centrifugal module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

if a plurality of samples needing to be dispatched to the uncovering module exist in the samples with the same time period priority, the samples with the high sample type priority are dispatched to the uncovering module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any analysis module, if a plurality of samples needing to be dispatched to the analysis module exist in the samples with the same time period priority, dispatching the samples with the high sample type priority to the analysis module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

if there are a plurality of samples to be dispatched to the membrane/capping module among the samples with the same time period priority, the samples with the higher sample type priority are dispatched to the membrane/capping module first.

for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, the sample which needs to be scheduled to the analysis module in the sample with the low priority in the time period is scheduled to the analysis module.

for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, if a plurality of samples needing to be scheduled to the analysis module exist in the samples with the priority in the same time period, the samples with the high sample type priority are scheduled to the analysis module first.

In one embodiment, determining the priority level of the sample according to the time period priority level and the sample type priority level of the sample includes: the higher the sample type priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the sample type priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the time period priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample.

for any centrifugal module, when the sample with the highest priority of the current sample type does not have a sample to be dispatched to the centrifugal module, dispatching the sample needing centrifugation in the samples with low sample type priority to the centrifugal module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one decapping module, when the sample with the highest priority of the current sample type does not have a sample to be scheduled to the decapping module, scheduling the sample needing decapping in the samples with low sample type priorities to the decapping module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any analysis module, when the sample with the highest priority of the current sample type does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, scheduling the sample which needs to be scheduled to the analysis module in the samples with low sample type priorities to the analysis module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one of the filming/capping modules, the sample to be filmed/capped in the sample with low sample type priority is scheduled to the filming/capping module when the sample with the highest current sample type priority does not exist.

if a plurality of samples needing to be dispatched to the centrifugal module exist in the samples with the same sample type priority, dispatching the samples with high time period priority to the centrifugal module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

if a plurality of samples needing to be dispatched to the uncovering module exist in the samples with the same sample type priority, the samples with high time period priority are dispatched to the uncovering module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any analysis module, if a plurality of samples needing to be scheduled to the analysis module exist in the samples with the same sample type priority, scheduling the samples with the time period priority to the analysis module first; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

if there are multiple samples to be scheduled to the capping module in the same sample type priority sample, then the time period priority is scheduled to the capping module first.

for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, when the sample with the highest priority of the current sample type does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, the sample which needs to be scheduled to the analysis module in the samples with the low sample type priority is scheduled to the analysis module.

for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, if a plurality of samples needing to be scheduled to the analysis module exist in the samples with the same sample priority, the samples with high time period priority are scheduled to the analysis module first.

In an embodiment, the scheduling the sample to be tested according to the time period and the sample type to which the sample belongs includes:

presetting a plurality of time periods, and scheduling to test samples with the sample types set as tested in the time period and not test samples with the sample types set as not tested in the time period for any time period, wherein in the samples with the sample types set as tested in the time period, the samples in the time period which belong to the previous time period have higher priority than the samples in the time period which belong to the next time period; and the number of the first and second groups,

the time period is a preceding time period in which the sample type is set as the sample to be tested, with a higher priority than the time period in which the time period is a succeeding time period in which the sample type is set as the sample to be tested.

In one embodiment, the time periods are continuous time periods divided by 24 hours a day, and the time end point of the previous time period is the time start point of the next time period.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides a method for setting a sample priority, including:

generating and displaying a priority setting interface, wherein the priority setting interface comprises a plurality of time periods and at least one sample type corresponding to each time period;

setting a time period in a priority setting interface in response to a command of setting the time period by a user; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and respectively setting the sample types corresponding to the time periods as corresponding priorities in response to the setting of the sample types corresponding to the time periods by the user, or respectively setting the sample types corresponding to the time periods as testing or not testing in response to the setting of the sample types corresponding to the time periods by the user.

In one embodiment, the priority of the sample in the previous time period is higher than that of the sample in the later time period, when the time period priority of the sample is higher, the priority of the sample is higher, and when the time period priorities of the samples are the same, the sample type priority of the sample is higher, and the priority of the sample is higher; or, when the sample type priority of the sample is higher, the priority degree of the sample is higher, and when the sample type priority of the sample is the same, the time period priority of the sample is higher, and the priority degree of the sample is higher.

In one embodiment, for any time period, the sample type is set as a sample not to be tested in the time period, and the sample is not to be tested in the time period; the sample type is set as the tested sample in the time period, and the test is scheduled in the time period, wherein the sample type is set as the sample of the prior time period in the tested sample in the time period, and the sample has higher priority than the sample of the later time period in the time period;

According to a third aspect, there is provided in one embodiment a cascaded sample analysis system comprising:

a plurality of cascaded analysis modules for testing a sample;

the system comprises a track connected with each analysis module, and a scheduling device for scheduling a sample to be tested to the corresponding analysis module through the track;

a memory for storing a program;

a processor for implementing the method as described in any one of the embodiments herein by executing the program stored by the memory.

According to a fourth aspect, there is provided in one embodiment a pipeline system comprising:

the input module is used for receiving a sample put in by a user;

a pretreatment module, wherein the pretreatment module comprises one or more of a centrifugation module, a serum detection module, a decapping module, and a dispensing module; the centrifugal module is used for centrifuging a sample to be centrifuged; the serum detection module is used for detecting whether the serum amount of the sample is enough and/or whether the serum quality of the sample is qualified; the decapping module is used for decapping the centrifuged sample; the separate injection module is used for separating samples;

one or more analysis modules for testing centrifuged and decapped samples;

a post-processing module comprising one or more of a membrane addition/capping module, a refrigerated storage module, and a membrane removal/capping module; the film adding/capping module is used for adding films or caps to the samples; the refrigeration storage module is used for storing samples; the membrane removing/cover removing module is used for removing a membrane or a cover of a sample;

the system comprises a track connecting modules and a scheduling device for scheduling samples among the modules through the track;

a memory for storing a program;

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment provides a computer readable storage medium comprising a program executable by a processor to implement a method as described in any of the embodiments herein.

According to the sample scheduling method, the setting method of the sample priority degree, the cascaded sample analysis system, the pipeline system and the computer readable storage medium of the embodiment, the time corresponding to the sample to be tested is obtained; determining the time period of the sample according to the time corresponding to the sample; obtaining a sample type of a sample to be tested; and scheduling the samples according to the time period and the sample type to which the samples belong to test, so that the invention provides a scheduling mode and strategy which are more flexible and can meet the diversified requirements of users.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a pipeline system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a preprocessing module according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary aftertreatment module;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a pipeline system;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a cascaded sample analysis system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of a sample scheduling method of an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram of one embodiment for scheduling samples according to the time period and sample type to which the samples belong;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of one embodiment for determining a priority of a sample based on a time period and a sample type to which the sample belongs;

FIG. 9 is a diagram of time period priorities and sample type priorities, according to one embodiment;

FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b) are two additional schematic diagrams of time period priority and sample type priority, respectively, for one embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a diagram of time segment priorities and sample type priorities providing two ways of time segment priority prioritization and sample type priority prioritization in one embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic of time period priorities and sample type priorities for another embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a sample priority setting method according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.

Furthermore, the features, operations, or characteristics described in the specification may be combined in any suitable manner to form various embodiments. Also, the various steps or actions in the method descriptions may be transposed or transposed in order, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the various sequences in the specification and drawings are for the purpose of describing certain embodiments only and are not intended to imply a required sequence unless otherwise indicated where such sequence must be followed.

The numbering of the components as such, e.g., "first", "second", etc., is used herein only to distinguish the objects as described, and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "connected" and "coupled" when used in this application, unless otherwise indicated, includes both direct and indirect connections (couplings).

The invention introduces the dimension of time period priority for determining the priority degree of the sample and combines the dimension of the priority degree of the sample type, thereby providing a scheduling mode and a strategy which are more flexible and can better meet the diversified requirements of users than the prior scheduling mode.

A description of a pipeline system and a cascaded sample analysis system is first provided.

Referring to fig. 1, a pipeline system according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include an input module 10, a preprocessing module 20, one or more analysis modules 30, a post-processing module 40, a track 50, a scheduling device 60, a memory 70, and a processor 80. The track 50 is used to connect the modules, for example, the input module 10, the pre-processing module 20, the one or more analysis modules 30, the post-processing module 40, and the like, and the dispatching device 60 dispatches the samples to the corresponding modules through the track.

The input module 10 is used to receive an unmeasured sample placed by a user. The input module 10 in the pipeline system is generally the area where the user puts the sample, and when the pipeline system is in operation, the input module 10 can automatically scan the sample put therein, sort the sample, and the like, so as to be processed by the next module, such as the preprocessing module 20.

The preprocessing module 20 is used for completing the preprocessing of the sample. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the pre-processing module 20 may include one or more of a centrifuge module 21, a serum detection module 22, a decapping module 23, and a dispensing module 24. The centrifuge modules 21 are used for centrifuging the sample to be centrifuged, and the number of the centrifuge modules 21 may be one or more. The serum test module 22 is used to determine whether the serum amount of the sample is sufficient and/or whether the serum quality of the sample is acceptable, so as to determine whether the centrifuged sample can be used for subsequent determination. The decapping module 23 is used for decapping the centrifuged sample — as will be understood, capping, coating, decapping, and decapping the sample herein, it refers to capping, coating, decapping, and decapping the sample tube containing the sample; typically, the sample is uncapped after centrifugation for subsequent dispensing or pipetting in the dispensing module 24 or in the analysis module. The dispensing module 24 is used to dispense a sample, for example, a sample is divided into a plurality of samples, which are sent to different analysis modules 30 for measurement. The preprocessing module 20 generally has a preprocessing flow: the centrifugal module 21 receives the sample scheduled by the input module 10 and centrifuges the sample; the serum detection module 22 detects serum of the centrifuged sample, and judges whether the serum can be used for subsequent measurement, and if the serum is insufficient in amount or unqualified in quality, the serum cannot be used for subsequent measurement; if the detection is passed, the sample is dispatched to the decapping module 23, the decapping module 23 removes the cap of the sample, if the dispensing module 24 exists, the dispensing module 24 performs the sample splitting on the removed sample, then the sample after the sample splitting is dispatched to the corresponding analysis module 30 for measurement, and if the dispensing module 24 does not exist, the sample is dispatched from the decapping module 23 to the corresponding analysis module 30 for measurement.

The analysis module 30 is used to test the centrifuged and decapped samples. To improve efficiency and test throughput, typically, a pipeline system will have multiple analysis modules 30, and these analysis modules 30 may be the same kind of analysis module, i.e., analysis module for determining the same item, or different kinds of analysis modules, i.e., analysis modules for determining different items, which may be configured according to the needs of users and departments.

The post-processing module 40 is used to complete post-processing of the sample. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the post-treatment module 40 includes one or more of a capping/filming module 41, a refrigerated storage module 42, and a decapping/decapping module 43. The film adding/capping module is used for adding films or caps to the samples; the refrigerated storage module 42 is used for storing samples; the stripping/decapping module is used for stripping or decapping a sample. One typical post-processing flow for post-processing module 40 is: after the sample is aspirated by the analysis module 30, the sample is dispatched to the membrane/capping module 41, and the membrane/capping module 41 performs membrane or capping on the sample after the measurement is completed, and then the sample is dispatched to the cold storage module 42 for storage. If the sample requires retesting, the sample is dispatched from the refrigerated storage module 42, stripped or decapped in a stripping/decapping module 43, and then dispatched to the analysis module 30 for testing.

Referring to fig. 4, as an example of the pipeline system, each module further includes a module buffer, the track 50 also has a track buffer, and the whole track may be a circular track. It should be noted that there are only one module in many types shown in the figures, but those skilled in the art will understand that there is no limitation on the number, for example, there may be more than one centrifuge module 21, more than one analysis module 30, etc.

The memory 70 is used for storing the degree, and the processor 80 is used for implementing the method disclosed in any embodiment of the present invention, for example, the sample scheduling method disclosed in the present invention, for example, the sample priority setting method disclosed in the present invention, and the specific contents of the sample scheduling method and the sample priority setting method can be referred to above and below of the specification, and are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 5, the cascaded sample analysis system disclosed in an embodiment may include a plurality of cascaded analysis modules 90, a track 91 connecting each analysis module 90, a scheduling device 92 for scheduling a sample to be tested to the corresponding analysis module 90 through the track 91, a memory 93, and a processor 94. The analysis module 90 is used for testing a sample; these cascaded analysis modules 90 may be the same kind of analysis module, i.e., analysis module for measuring the same item, or different kinds of analysis module, i.e., analysis module for measuring different items, which may be configured according to the needs of the user and the department, for example, the analysis module 90 may be an immunoassay analyzer, a biochemical analyzer, a cellular analyzer, or the like; it should be noted that fig. 13 shows an example of three analysis modules 90, which is only for illustration and is not used to limit the number of analysis modules. The memory 93 is used to store programs; the processor 94 is configured to execute the program stored in the memory 93 to implement the method disclosed in any embodiment of the present invention, for example, the sample scheduling method disclosed in the present invention, for example, the sample priority setting method disclosed in the present invention, and specific contents of the sample scheduling method and the sample priority setting method may be referred to above and below of the specification, and are not described herein again.

The method disclosed by the present invention is explained below.

Referring to fig. 6, a sample scheduling method is disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention, and the sample scheduling method may include steps 100 to 400.

Step 100: and acquiring the time corresponding to the sample to be tested. It should be noted that the time corresponding to the sample may be the time when the sample is put into the system or the time when the sample is scanned in the system

Step 200: and determining the time period of the sample according to the time corresponding to the sample.

Step 300: a sample type of a sample to be tested is obtained. Some sample types are common, including, for example, an emergency type from an emergency department, an outpatient type from an outpatient department, an inpatient type from an inpatient department, and a physical examination type from a physical examination department.

Step 400: and scheduling the samples according to the time period and the sample type of the samples to test.

Referring to FIG. 7, in one embodiment, step 400 includes step 410 and step 420.

Step 410: and determining the priority degree of the sample according to the time period to which the sample belongs and the type of the sample. Referring to fig. 8, in an embodiment, step 410 includes step 411, step 412 and step 413.

Step 411: and determining the time period priority of the sample according to the time period to which the sample belongs, wherein a plurality of time periods are preset, and the time period priority corresponding to the prior time period is higher than the time period priority corresponding to the later time period. In one embodiment, the plurality of time periods are consecutive time periods, and the time end point of the previous time period is the time start point of the next time period. Taking the example of dividing 24 hours a day into consecutive time periods, please refer to fig. 9, which is an example of a plurality of time periods, the first time period is 00: 00 to 09: 00, second time period 09: 00 to 11: 00, and a third time period of 11: 00 to 24: 00. it is understood that there is no overlap between the different time periods, and that there are either consecutive time periods, i.e. the time end of the previous time period is the time start of the next time period, or intervening time periods, i.e. the time end of the previous time period is earlier than the time start of the next time period. Each time period can be factory set, or set by the user according to the actual requirement.

Step 412: a sample type priority for the samples is determined based at least on the sample types of the samples. In one embodiment, the sample type priority can be uniquely determined by the sample type of the sample, i.e. the priority between the sample types is always the same, e.g. the emergency type priority is higher than the outpatient type, the outpatient type priority is higher than the hospitalization type and the physical examination type, and the hospitalization type and the physical examination type have the same priority, in other words, the priority of the same sample type is the same in each time period, e.g. please refer back to fig. 9, the priority of the emergency type is always 1, the priority of the outpatient type is always 2, the priority of the hospitalization type and the physical examination type is always 3, wherein the smaller the number indicates the higher the priority, and the same number indicates the same priority. In an embodiment, the sample type priority of the sample in the time period may also be determined according to the time period to which the sample belongs and the sample type, that is, the sample type priorities of the same sample type in different time periods may be different, which may be set by a manufacturer at the time of factory shipment according to a user requirement, or may be set by the user according to the requirement, for example, referring to fig. 10(a), it can be seen that, in the first time period, 00: 00 to 09: during 00, the priority of the emergency type is 1, the priority of the outpatient type is 2, the priority of the hospitalization type and the physical examination type is 3, but in the second time period, 09: 00 to 11: during the 00 period, the priority of the emergency type is 1, the priority of the outpatient type is 2, and the priority of the hospitalization type and the physical examination type is 2; similarly, in the third time period 11: 00 to 24: during 00, the priority of the emergency type is 1, the priority of the outpatient type is 2, and the priorities of the hospitalization type and the physical examination type become 1, and it can be seen that in this case, the same sample type, the sample type priority of which may have different values at different time periods, is the same. In addition, the four sample types are illustrated in fig. 10, and it should be understood that this is only for illustration and is not intended to limit the number and kinds of the sample types of the present invention.

Step 413: and determining the priority degree of the samples according to the time period priority and the sample type priority of the samples. In determining the time period priority and the sample type priority of the samples, the priority degree of the samples is determined by the two. In one embodiment, the time period priority of the sample is weighted more than the sample type priority, for example, when the time period priority of the sample is higher, the priority of the sample is higher, and when the time period priority of the sample is the same, the sample type priority of the sample is higher, the priority of the sample is higher; that is, when comparing the priority levels of two samples, the time period priority levels of the two samples are compared first, and the priority level of the sample with the higher time period priority level is higher, and if the time period priority levels of the two samples are the same (i.e., belong to the same time period), the sample type priority levels of the two samples are compared, and the priority level of the sample with the higher sample type priority level is higher. In this case that the time period priority of the sample is weighted more than the sample type priority, as described above, the sample type priority in each time period and each time period may be set as it is from the factory, or may be set by the user at any time according to the needs of the user, and the setting interface of one user is as shown in fig. 10 (a).

In another embodiment, the sample type priority of the sample is weighted more heavily than the time period priority, e.g., the sample has a higher priority when the sample type priority of the sample is higher, and the sample has a higher priority when the sample type priority of the sample is the same; that is, when comparing the priorities of two samples, the sample type priorities of the two samples are compared first, and the priority of the sample with the higher priority is higher, and if the sample type priorities of the two samples are the same, the time slot priorities of the two samples are compared, and the priority of the sample with the higher priority is higher. In this case, where the weight of the sample type priority is greater than the weight of the time period priority of the sample, as described above, the sample type priority in each time period and each time period may be set as it is from the factory, or may be set by the user at any time according to the needs of the user, and the setting interface of one user is as shown in fig. 10 (b).

Step 420: and scheduling the samples according to the priority degrees of the samples. In the following, two cases, that is, the time period priority weight is greater than the sample type priority weight, and the sample type priority weight is greater than the time period priority weight, are taken as examples, and how the samples are scheduled according to the priority of the samples in step 420 will be described.

First, the time period priority is weighted more than the sample type priority.

Taking the pipeline system as an example, step 420 schedules the samples according to their priorities, including:

for any centrifugal module, when the samples in the time period with the highest priority do not have the samples to be dispatched to the centrifugal module, dispatching the samples needing centrifugation in the samples in the time period with the low priority to the centrifugal module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one decapping module, when the sample of the time period with the highest priority does not have a sample to be scheduled to the decapping module, scheduling the sample needing decapping in the samples of the time period with the low priority to the decapping module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any analysis module, when the sample of the time period with the highest priority does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, scheduling the sample needing to be scheduled to the analysis module in the sample of the time period with the low priority to the analysis module; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

for any one of the filming/capping modules, when the sample of the time period with the highest priority does not have the sample to be scheduled to the filming/capping module, the sample needing filming/capping in the samples of the time period with low priority is scheduled to the sample of the filming/capping module.

The above is a description of how samples at different time periods are scheduled in a pipelined system. It can be seen that there is a possibility of parallel processing in each of the four sample processing steps in the four flow lines of centrifugation, decapping, analysis and membrane/capping, so that each of the above-described methods can be performed by centrifugation first, decapping first, testing first and membrane/capping first, respectively, for the sample with the preceding time period. Next, how to schedule the samples with different sample types and priorities in the same time period in the pipeline system will be described.

In one embodiment, step 420 schedules the samples according to their priorities, further comprising:

The following description is not intended to be construed as a more specific example.

The pipeline system comprises two buffers, one is a module buffer, for example, one or more of a buffer of a pretreatment module, a buffer of an analysis module and a buffer of a post-treatment module can be included, the buffer of the pretreatment module comprises one or more of a buffer of a centrifuge module and a buffer of a decapping module, and the buffer of the post-treatment module comprises a buffer of a membrane adding/capping module; one is a track common buffer, which may include the track itself connecting the modules, especially for a track that can be scheduled cyclically (such as the circular track shown in fig. 4), or a separately provided track buffer, such as a curved track at the upper right corner of fig. 4, which is a specially provided track buffer.

How samples are scheduled is described below in terms of how samples are scheduled to buffers according to their time period priorities. In one embodiment, step 420 schedules the samples according to their priorities, which includes:

judging whether the number of samples in the time period with the highest priority is larger than the capacity of a buffer area of a module to be tested, for example, a sample to be tested which is not centrifuged and enters from the input module 10 is a buffer area of a centrifugal module, a sample which is centrifuged and completed is a buffer area of a decapping module, a sample which is decapped and completed is a buffer area of an analysis module, and a sample which is completely tested and is sucked is a buffer area of a membrane adding/capping module;

if the number of samples in the time slot with the highest priority is not larger than the number of samples in the time slot with the highest priority, the samples in the time slot with the highest priority are all scheduled to the module buffer area to be entered for the module corresponding to the module buffer area to be entered to process, and the samples in the time slot with the low priority are scheduled to the track common buffer area, so that it can be understood that if the number of samples in the time slot with the low priority is more than the capacity of the track common buffer area, a part of the samples in the time slot with the low priority can wait at the input area of the input module 10;

if the number of samples in the time period of the highest priority is larger than the maximum number of samples in the time period of the highest priority, a part of samples in the time period of the highest priority (for example, the number of samples equal to the maximum capacity of the module buffer to be entered) is firstly scheduled to the module buffer to be entered for processing by the module corresponding to the module buffer to be entered, the rest of samples in the time period of the highest priority are scheduled to the track common buffer, if the track common buffer has the remaining capacity, the samples in the time period of the low priority can be scheduled to the track common buffer, and if the track common buffer cannot accommodate the rest of samples in the time period of the highest priority, the rest of samples in the time period of the highest priority can be continuously waited at the input area.

In the case that both the module buffer area and the track common buffer area have samples of a time period with the highest current priority, the module buffer area is continuously released along with the processing of the samples, so that the samples of the time period with the highest current priority in the track common buffer area are scheduled to the module buffer area to be processed by the corresponding module, at a certain moment, the samples of the time period with the highest current priority in the track common buffer area are scheduled to be finished, and then the samples of the time period with the low priority are scheduled Description of timing and manner of buffering. In one embodiment, when a sample of a time period with the highest priority is scheduled to a module buffer area from a track common buffer area, if the input area has the sample, the sample of the input area is scheduled to the common track buffer area; and/or when the samples of the current low-priority time period are dispatched to the module buffer area from the track common buffer area, if the samples exist in the input area, the samples of the input area are still controlled to continue waiting in the input area, which is the description of the time and the mode for dispatching the samples from the input area to the track common buffer area, and the samples of the input area are only dispatched again after the position of the track common buffer area is determined to be released. When the samples of the time period with the highest priority are dispatched to the module buffer area from the track public buffer area, the position of the track public buffer area is determined to be released, so that the samples of the input area can be dispatched to the track public buffer area at the moment; when the samples in the current low-priority time period are scheduled to the module buffer area from the track common buffer area, the samples may be also scheduled to return to the track common buffer area, because the modules involved in the next processing link of the samples may still be occupied by the samples in the high-priority time period, and because the next high-priority samples are not allowed to enter the module buffer area before the analysis module finishes testing the highest-priority samples, the samples are prevented from being queued. It is not possible to determine at this point that the location of the track common buffer is actually released, so samples of the input area continue to wait at the input area. And for the samples needing to be retested after the test is finished, automatically processing the retested samples as the current highest priority samples, and if the capacity of the module buffer area is insufficient due to the return of the retested samples, circulating part of the highest priority samples in the common buffer area of the track.

Of course, in some embodiments, the track common buffer may not be filled up all the time, but the track common buffer may be reserved with a preset number of empty positions to cooperate with the transit schedule. For example, after a sample entering a module is processed, the next module needs to be processed, at this time, a preset number of empty positions may be reserved in cooperation with a common buffer of a track, and the temporary transfer scheduling is performed, where typically, for example, a sample a1 exists in one analysis module a, a sample B1 exists in another analysis module B, after the module a finishes sucking a sample a1, and after the module B finishes sucking a sample B1, the sample a1 needs to enter the module B, and when the sample B1 needs to enter the module a, the preset number of empty positions are reserved in cooperation with the common buffer of the track, and the temporary transfer is performed at the empty positions, so that the sample a1 is scheduled to enter the module B, and the sample B1 is scheduled to enter the module a.

The above is a pipeline system for example to illustrate how step 420 schedules samples according to their priority levels when the time period priority weight is greater than the sample type weight. The following describes how the sample is scheduled according to the priority of the sample in step 420 by taking the cascaded sample analysis system as an example.

In one embodiment, how step 420 schedules the samples according to their priorities includes: for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, when the sample with the highest priority in the current time period does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, the sample which needs to be scheduled to the analysis module in the sample with the low priority in the time period is scheduled to the analysis module. In an embodiment, for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, if there are a plurality of samples that need to be scheduled to the analysis module in samples of the same time period priority, the sample with the higher sample type priority is scheduled to the analysis module first.

The above description takes the case where the weight of the time period priority is greater than the weight of the sample type priority as an example, and the following description takes the case where the weight of the sample type priority is greater than the weight of the time period priority as an example.

Taking the cascaded sample analysis system as an example, step 420 schedules the samples according to the priority of the samples, including: for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, when the sample with the highest priority of the current sample type does not have a sample to be scheduled to the analysis module, and the analysis module can also receive the sample, the sample which needs to be scheduled to the analysis module in the samples with the low sample type priority is scheduled to the analysis module. In one embodiment, step 420 schedules the samples according to their priorities, further comprising: for any one of the plurality of cascaded analysis modules, if a plurality of samples needing to be scheduled to the analysis module exist in the samples with the same sample priority, the samples with high time period priority are scheduled to the analysis module first. And scheduling each sample to each buffer area according to the sample type priority of the sample and scheduling the sample to the buffer area according to the time period priority of the sample in the same mode, and performing the highest priority sample processing once the tested sample is retested.

As can be seen from the above description, when the priority degree of the sample is determined by the time period priority and the sample type priority, there may be two strategies, one is that the weight of the time period priority is greater, and the other is that the weight of the sample type priority is greater, and in one embodiment, such a strategy may be provided for the user to select, for example, referring to fig. 11, when the check box of the time period priority is checked, it indicates that the policy of the time period priority is taken at this time, and when the check box of the sample type priority is checked, it indicates that the policy of the sample type priority is taken at this time.

The above is a description of determining the sample priority level from the time period priority level and the sample type priority level of the sample, and scheduling the sample according to the sample priority level. In other embodiments, the samples still have time period priorities, and it is possible to select which sample types of samples to test and which sample types of samples to not test, respectively, in each time period.

Thus, in one embodiment, the step 400 of scheduling the sample for measurement according to the time period and the sample type to which the sample belongs may include:

the time period is a preceding time period in which the sample type is set as the sample to be tested, with a higher priority than the time period in which the time period is a succeeding time period in which the sample type is set as the sample to be tested. For the description of the multiple time periods, reference may be made to the foregoing description, which is not repeated herein.

In this embodiment, there are multiple time periods, and then each time period sets which sample types will be tested in that time period and which sample types will not be tested in that time period. For example, referring to fig. 12, it can be seen that in the first time period, 00: 00 to 09: 00, the emergency type and the outpatient type are set as testing, the hospitalization type and the physical examination type are set as non-testing, so when the time period of the sample is the first time period, 00: 00 to 09: 00 hours, the samples of the emergency type and the outpatient type are tested, while the samples of the hospitalization type and the physical examination type are not tested; in the second time period, the time period to which the sample belongs, is 09: 00 to 11: 00, the emergency type, the outpatient type and the hospitalization type are set to be tested, and the physical examination type is still set to be not tested, so the emergency type, the outpatient type and the hospitalization type in the batch of samples are tested, and the physical examination type in the batch of samples is not tested. The samples set as the type of sample to be tested (i.e., emergency type and outpatient type) in the first time period are prioritized to be greater than the samples set as the type of sample to be tested (i.e., emergency type, outpatient type and inpatient type) in the second time period because their time periods are prior. It is noted that the hospitalization type is set to be untested for the first session and set to be tested for the second session, so that the samples of untested hospitalization type left over from the samples of the first session are tested for the second session, more precisely, at the beginning of the processing of the batch of samples of the second session, the samples of hospitalization type in the first session are also tested for the first session, which is prioritized over the samples of the sample type set to be tested for the second session since they are prior to the second session. To ensure that all types of samples are tested after all time periods, in some examples, the last time period, e.g., the third time period in the figure, i.e., 11: 00 to 24: during 00, all types of samples are set to be tested.

It should be noted that, each time period, which sample types of samples in each time period are tested, and which sample types of samples are not tested, may be set when the product leaves the factory, or may be set by the user according to the needs of the user in the using process.

An embodiment of the present invention further discloses a method for setting a sample priority, please refer to fig. 13, which may include steps 500 to 620.

Step 500: and generating and displaying a priority setting interface, wherein the priority setting interface comprises a plurality of time periods and at least one sample type corresponding to each time period, such as one sample type, two sample types, more than two sample types and the like. In addition, for the description of the plurality of time periods, reference may be made to the foregoing description, which is not repeated herein.

Step 610: the time period in the priority level setting interface is set in response to a command for the user to set the time period.

Step 620: in response to the setting of the sample type corresponding to each period of time by the user, setting is performed, for example, the sample type corresponding to each period of time is set to a corresponding priority, or the sample type corresponding to each period of time is set to be tested or not tested.

Step 610 is for enabling the user to set the time period, and step 620 is for enabling the user to set the priority of the sample type in each time period, or which types of samples are tested and which types of samples are not tested in each time period. The setup method may provide step 610 and step 620, or may provide only one of the steps.

In one embodiment, the priority of the samples in the previous time period is higher than the priority of the samples in the later time period, the higher the time period priority of the samples is, and the higher the time period priority of the samples is, the higher the sample type priority of the samples is, the higher the priority of the samples is. For the description that the time period priority is weighted more than the sample type priority, reference may be made to the foregoing description, and details are not repeated here.

In one embodiment, the higher the sample type priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample, and the higher the time period priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample when the sample type priority of the sample is the same. For the description that the weight of the sample type priority is greater than the weight of the time period priority, reference may be made to the foregoing description, and details are not repeated here.

In one embodiment, for any time period, the sample type is set as a sample not to be tested for the time period, and the sample is not to be tested for the time period; the sample type is set as the tested sample in the time period, and the test is scheduled in the time period, wherein the sample type is set as the sample of the prior time period in the tested sample in the time period, and the sample has higher priority than the sample of the later time period in the time period; in addition, the time period is a preceding time period, and the sample type is set as the sample to be tested in the preceding time period with a higher priority than the time period is a succeeding time period, and the sample type is set as the sample to be tested in the succeeding time period. For the description that the samples of which sample types can be selected to be tested in each time period and the samples of which sample types are not tested, reference may be made to the foregoing description, and details are not repeated here.

For example, taking the requirements related in the background art that the time requirements for outputting test reports at different time periods are different as an example, at present, tests that are scheduled preferentially are designed for sample types (e.g., emergency samples, outpatient samples, hospitalized samples, and physical examination samples, etc.), for example, the priority of emergency samples is higher than that of other types of samples, etc., and this scheduling strategy cannot solve the problem that the parallel tests cause the result outputting time of samples of a previous batch to be delayed sometimes, even later than that of samples of a later batch, and cannot meet the requirements that the time requirements for outputting test reports at different time periods are different.

It is also not practical to solve this problem by manual control of the sample input. For example, a user may input only a sample of a certain batch or before a certain time period, and input a sample of a subsequent batch or after a subsequent time period after all samples of the certain batch are completely aspirated or all results are obtained, so that although a certain first-out result of the sample before the certain batch or time period can be ensured, if a new batch of samples is input after all results are obtained (for example, by checking the test result of the sample of the batch corresponding to the LIS end), the idle of each module and internal instrument of the system may be caused, and the system test efficiency may be reduced; if all the items of the samples of the previous batch are completely sucked, the next batch of samples are input, the theory is relatively ideal, but the user is difficult to judge the opportunity, the system software cannot remind the user of the completion of the sample suction, and the user can make an accurate judgment only by observing whether the sample suction is completed or not by going to an instrument, so that much time and energy of the user are consumed, and for a cascade system and a pipeline system, different instruments are arranged at different positions, and the user can know whether the sample suction is completed or not only by going to the front end of each instrument for observation, which is very complicated; it is therefore not practical to solve this problem by manual control of the sample input.

The invention can solve the problems based on the scheme that the weight of the time period priority is greater than that of the sample type priority, namely, the requirements that the time requirements of the test reports in different time periods are different are met, and the test reports of samples in each batch are guaranteed to be sent before the specified time. The samples in the previous time period have priority levels higher than those in the next time period, the samples in the next time period cannot be sucked before the samples in the previous time period are not sucked, and the samples in the next time period are scheduled and processed only before the samples in the previous time period are sucked and the samples in the next time period are not tested firstly due to parallel processing.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the functions of the various methods in the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by computer programs. When all or part of the functions of the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: a read only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a hard disk, etc., and the program is executed by a computer to realize the above functions. For example, the program may be stored in a memory of the device, and when the program in the memory is executed by the processor, all or part of the functions described above may be implemented. In addition, when all or part of the functions in the above embodiments are implemented by a computer program, the program may be stored in a storage medium such as a server, another computer, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a flash disk, or a removable hard disk, and may be downloaded or copied to a memory of a local device, or may be version-updated in a system of the local device, and when the program in the memory is executed by a processor, all or part of the functions in the above embodiments may be implemented.

Reference is made herein to various exemplary embodiments. However, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes and modifications may be made to the exemplary embodiments without departing from the scope hereof. For example, the various operational steps, as well as the components used to perform the operational steps, may be implemented in differing ways depending upon the particular application or consideration of any number of cost functions associated with operation of the system (e.g., one or more steps may be deleted, modified or incorporated into other steps).

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. Additionally, as will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the principles herein may be reflected in a computer program product on a computer readable storage medium, which is pre-loaded with computer readable program code. Any tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be used, including magnetic storage devices (hard disks, floppy disks, etc.), optical storage devices (CD-to-ROM, DVD, Blu-Ray discs, etc.), flash memory, and/or the like. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including means for implementing the function specified. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified.

While the principles herein have been illustrated in various embodiments, many modifications of structure, arrangement, proportions, elements, materials, and components particularly adapted to specific environments and operative requirements may be employed without departing from the principles and scope of the present disclosure. The above modifications and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this document.

The foregoing detailed description has been described with reference to various embodiments. However, one skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the disclosure is to be considered in an illustrative and not a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope thereof. Also, advantages, other advantages, and solutions to problems have been described above with regard to various embodiments. However, the benefits, advantages, solutions to problems, and any element(s) that may cause any element(s) to occur or become more pronounced are not to be construed as a critical, required, or essential feature or element of any or all the claims. As used herein, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, article, or apparatus. Furthermore, the term "coupled," and any other variation thereof, as used herein, refers to a physical connection, an electrical connection, a magnetic connection, an optical connection, a communicative connection, a functional connection, and/or any other connection.

Claims

1. A method for scheduling samples, comprising:

acquiring time corresponding to a sample to be tested;

obtaining a sample type of a sample to be tested;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling the samples according to the time period and the sample type to which the samples belong comprises:

and scheduling the samples according to the priority degrees of the samples.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the priority of the samples based on the time period to which the samples belong and the type of the samples comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the sample type priority for the samples based at least on the sample types for the samples comprises: and determining the sample type priority of the sample in the time period according to the time period and the sample type to which the sample belongs.

5. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein determining a priority level of a sample based on a time period priority and a sample type priority of the sample comprises: the higher the time period priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the time period priority of the sample is the same, the higher the sample type priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said scheduling samples according to their priority comprises:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scheduling samples according to their priority levels further comprises:

8. The method of claim 5, wherein said scheduling samples according to their priority comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the scheduling samples according to their priority levels further comprises:

10. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein determining a priority level of a sample based on a time period priority and a sample type priority of the sample comprises: the higher the sample type priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample, and when the sample type priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the time period priority of the sample, the higher the priority of the sample.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said scheduling samples according to their priority comprises:

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the scheduling samples according to their priority levels further comprises:

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said scheduling samples according to their priority comprises:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the scheduling samples according to their priority levels further comprises:

15. The method of claim 1, wherein scheduling the samples for testing according to the time period and the sample type to which the samples belong comprises:

16. The method of claim 3 or 15, wherein the plurality of time segments are consecutive time segments divided by 24 hours a day, and the time end point of a previous time segment is the time start point of a subsequent time segment.

17. A method for setting a sample priority level, comprising:

18. The setting method according to claim 17, wherein the priority of the sample in the preceding time period is higher than the priority of the sample in the succeeding time period, the higher the priority of the sample is when the time period priority of the sample is higher, and the higher the sample type priority of the sample is when the time period priorities of the samples are the same, the higher the priority of the sample type of the sample is; or, when the sample type priority of the sample is higher, the priority degree of the sample is higher, and when the sample type priority of the sample is the same, the time period priority of the sample is higher, and the priority degree of the sample is higher.

19. The setting method according to claim 17, wherein, for any period of time in which the sample type is set as a sample not to be tested, the sample is not to be tested; the sample type is set as the tested sample in the time period, and the test is scheduled in the time period, wherein the sample type is set as the sample of the prior time period in the tested sample in the time period, and the sample has higher priority than the sample of the later time period in the time period;

20. The method of any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein the plurality of time segments are consecutive time segments divided by 24 hours a day, and the time end point of a preceding time segment is the time start point of a succeeding time segment.

21. A cascaded sample analysis system, comprising:

a plurality of cascaded analysis modules for testing a sample;

a memory for storing a program;

a processor for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 20 by executing a program stored by the memory.

22. A pipeline system, comprising:

the input module is used for receiving a sample put in by a user;

one or more analysis modules for testing centrifuged and decapped samples;

a memory for storing a program;

23. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized by comprising a program which is executable by a processor to implement claims 1 to 20.