CN107688097B - A kind of method and device being loaded tracer - Google Patents

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CN107688097B
CN107688097B CN201710721859.5A CN201710721859A CN107688097B CN 107688097 B CN107688097 B CN 107688097B CN 201710721859 A CN201710721859 A CN 201710721859A CN 107688097 B CN107688097 B CN 107688097B
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The present invention provides a kind of methods for being loaded tracer, preset pipettor path, and action message collector acquires the relevant action message of pipettor liquid relief;Action message collector judges that pipettor is in imbibition state or drain state;After pipettor enters drain state from imbibition state, action message collector notifies tracer platform, and control cue module is shown, indicates that current plate hole complete by liquid relief.Invention also provides a kind of sample-adding tracers, including by the first power module, action message acquisition sensor module, action data collector module, data filtering module, the sample-adding information acquisition device that CPU module and first communication module form and the sample-adding tracer platform being made of second power supply module, MCU module, cue module and second communication module.The present invention can prevent experiment operator from multiple drain or missing drain to some plate hole in a plate hole, and structure is simple, easy to operate.

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A kind of method and device being loaded tracer
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method and apparatus for being loaded tracer, belong to biochemical analysis method and equipment technology field.
Background technique
Liquid relief, sample-adding are required in hospital, biochemical R&D institution, the biochemical investigation of biochemical production unit, chemical examination, experiment Operation.Existing artificial pipettor and microwell plate can not all indicate the plate hole of drain and i.e. by the plate holes of drain.Operation The mechanical labour of personnel's repeatability is very easy to cause in a plate hole multiple drain or misses the drain to some plate hole, thus Influence the result of biochemical investigation, chemical examination, experiment.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides a kind of method and apparatus for being loaded tracer, can indicate The plate hole of drain and i.e. by the plate hole of drain out prevents experiment operator from multiple drain or missing pair in a plate hole The drain of some plate hole, and structure is simple, it is easy to operate.
The present invention is that technical solution used by solving its technical problem is: providing a kind of method for being loaded tracer, packet Include following steps:
The sample-adding path of S1, default pipettor, the sample-adding carried out for pipettor for each plate hole are operated, are repeated respectively Step S2 to S11;
S2, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, process first is stopped Point, last button are released the process between Aligning control, obtain the imbibition process data of pipettor;
S3, the imbibition of action message acquisition sensor module output in action data collector module acquisition step S1 is utilized Process data is transmitted to data filtering module, filters the interference in data;
Imbibition process data after filtering interference are transmitted to CPU module by S4, the data filtering module;
S5, the CPU module handle imbibition process data, obtain the action message of current pipettor And status information, it is recorded as movement A1 and state S1 respectively;
S6, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, process second is stopped Point, last button are released the process between Aligning control, obtain pipettor discharge opeing process data;
S7, action message acquisition sensor module output in the action data collector module acquisition step S6 is utilized Discharge opeing process data are transmitted to data filtering module, filter the interference in discharge opeing process data;
The discharge opeing process data not interfered with are transferred to the CPU module by S8, the data filtering module;
S9, the CPU module handle discharge opeing process data, obtain the action message of current pipettor And status information, it is recorded as movement A2 and state S2 respectively;
S10, the CPU module are handled according to movement A1, A2 and state S1, S2 of the pipettor, are sentenced Settled preceding pipettor completes the entire exercise being once loaded, and is issued by first communication module to the MCU module of sample-adding tracer platform It is loaded completion notice signal;
After S11, the MCU module for being loaded tracer platform receive sample-adding completion notice signal by second communication module, root Data are prompted according to pre-set Loading sequence is determining, send control signal to cue module, control cue module adds completion The state of the plate hole of sample is shown, to indicate that plate hole complete by liquid relief.
In step S11, the cue module passes through one kind or two or more in text prompt, graphical cues and auditory tone cues Combination carries out state displaying.
In step S10, the CPU module by wireless communication mode or wired communication mode to tracer platform MCU module issues sample-adding completion notice signal.
Action message described in step S5 and step S9 includes pressure value information suffered by the button of pipettor, pipettor button Displacement information and pipettor button location information, status information includes liquid volume information in pipettor.
Invention also provides a kind of sample-adding tracer based on the above method, including sample-adding information acquisition device and plus Sample tracer platform;The action message that the sample-adding information acquisition device includes the first power module for power supply and is sequentially connected electrically Sensor module, action data collector module, data filtering module, CPU module and first communication module are acquired, First power module includes the first battery module and acquires respectively with action message acquisition sensor module, action data The first power management module that device module, data filtering module, CPU module are connected with first communication module;It is described to add Sample tracer platform includes the second power supply module for power supply and the second communication module being sequentially connected electrically, MCU module and prompt Module, the second power supply module include the second battery module and respectively with second communication module, MCU module and prompt mould The second source management module of block connection.
The cue module include text prompt module, graphical cues module and sound module weight one kind or two or more Combination, wherein text prompt module use LED array, graphical cues module using LCD liquid crystal display, OLED screen and with plate hole pair One of LED lamp bead answered, sound module use loudspeaker or buzzer.
The first communication module and second communication module use wire communication module or wireless communication module;If first is logical Believe that module and second communication module use wire communication module, then communication interface between the two is using asynchronous serial port, synchronous string One of mouth, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB and wired ethernet;If first communication module and second communication module are using wireless Communication module, the communication frequency band between the two are 400M~500M frequency range, 900M~1000M frequency range, 2.4G frequency range and 5.8G One of frequency range.
The action message acquisition sensor module uses mechanical switch, geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor, pressure sensing One kind or two or more combination in device, infrared sensor and light sensor.
First power module of the sample-adding information acquisition device, action message acquisition sensor module, action data acquisition Device module, data filtering module, CPU module and first communication module are respectively positioned in the first shell;The sample-adding tracer Second power supply module, MCU module, cue module and the second communication module of platform are respectively positioned in second housing.
The present invention is based on beneficial effects possessed by its technical solution to be:
(1) method of sample-adding tracer provided by the invention can record respectively at the time of pipettor is completed and takes liquid and liquid relief Pipettor state determines pipettor liquid relief work completion according to the state at two moment and is prompted, prevents experimental implementation people Member multiple drain or misses drain to some plate hole in a plate hole;
(2) logic of the method for sample-adding tracer provided by the invention is mainly according to the action logic being manually loaded come to it The preceding collected pipettor movement carries out logic judgment, i.e., sample-adding is all an imbibition followed by a drain every time, just It really completes this set of movement and is only primary successfully sample-adding, clear logic;
(3) the method pipettor path default first of sample-adding tracer provided by the invention, after the completion of each plate hole liquid relief, energy It is enough that suggestion content is directly determined according to pre-set path after generating completion notice signal, it is not necessary to the corresponding plate hole of additional transmissions Information saves transmission cost;
(4) sample-adding tracer of the invention includes sample-adding tracer platform and sample-adding information acquisition device, and sample-adding tracer platform is available In placing microwell plate, sample-adding information acquisition device is mountable on pipettor, is responsible for acquiring liquid relief state by sample-adding information acquisition device Information is responsible for receiving and be shown by sample-adding tracer platform, easy to operate, can be adapted to existing matched pipettor and microwell plate, It is widely used;
(5) in sample-adding tracer of the invention, sample-adding information acquisition device and sample-adding tracer platform can pass through channel radio Letter mode transmits data, more flexible compared with wire transmission, avoids influence of the route to experiment table top;
(6) in sample-adding tracer of the invention, sample-adding information acquisition device and sample-adding tracer platform can indicate that and arranged The plate hole of liquid and i.e. by the plate hole of drain prevents experiment operator from multiple drain or missing to some plate hole in a plate hole Drain, and structure is simple, easy to operate.
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Fig. 1 is the module diagram of sample-adding tracer of the invention.
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Present invention will be further explained below with reference to the attached drawings and examples.
The present invention provides a kind of methods for being loaded tracer, comprising the following steps:
The sample-adding path of S1, default pipettor, the sample-adding carried out for pipettor for each plate hole are operated, are repeated respectively Step S2 to S11;
S2, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, process first is stopped Point, last button are released the process between Aligning control, obtain the imbibition process data of pipettor;In this step, pipettor is moved The relevant movement of liquid is that imbibition acts;
S3, the imbibition of action message acquisition sensor module output in action data collector module acquisition step S1 is utilized Process data is transmitted to data filtering module, filters the interference in data;In this step, the interference in data includes power supply Noise, sensor noise etc.;
Imbibition process data after filtering interference are transmitted to CPU module by S4, the data filtering module;
S5, the CPU module handle imbibition process data, obtain the action message of current pipettor And status information, it is recorded as movement A1 and state S1 respectively;
S6, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, process second is stopped Point, last button are released the process between Aligning control, obtain pipettor discharge opeing process data;
S7, action message acquisition sensor module output in the action data collector module acquisition step S5 is utilized Discharge opeing process data are transmitted to data filtering module, filter the interference in discharge opeing process data;In this step, in data Interference includes power supply noise, sensor noise etc.;
The data not interfered with are transferred to the CPU module by S7, the data filtering module;
The discharge opeing process data not interfered with are transferred to the CPU module by S8, the data filtering module;
S9, the CPU module handle discharge opeing process data, obtain the action message of current pipettor And status information, it is recorded as movement A2 and state S2 respectively;
S10, the CPU module are handled according to movement A1, A2 and state S1, S2 of the pipettor, are sentenced Settled preceding pipettor completes the entire exercise being once loaded, and is issued by first communication module to the MCU module of sample-adding tracer platform It is loaded completion notice signal;The logic that this step uses is mainly according to the action logic being manually loaded come to collected before The pipettor movement carries out logic judgment, i.e., sample-adding is all an imbibition followed by a drain every time, is correctly completed this Set movement is only primary successfully sample-adding;
After S11, the MCU module for being loaded tracer platform receive sample-adding completion notice signal by second communication module, root Prompt data are determined according to pre-set Loading sequence, and the cue module on microwell plate sends control signal, control prompt mould Block is shown the state for the plate hole for completing sample-adding, to indicate that plate hole complete by liquid relief.In this step, cue module can be with The status indicator lamp of plate hole is corresponded to using microwell plate, every time after the completion of sample-adding, respective plate hole status indicator lamp is bright, to show the plate Hole liquid relief is completed.
In step S11, the cue module passes through one kind or two or more in text prompt, graphical cues and auditory tone cues Combination carries out state displaying.
In step S10, the CPU module by wireless communication mode or finite communication mode to tracer platform MCU module issues sample-adding completion notice signal and plate hole serial number data.
Action message described in step S5 and step S9 includes pressure value information suffered by the button of pipettor, pipettor button Displacement information and pipettor button location information, status information includes liquid volume information in pipettor.
Invention also provides a kind of sample-adding tracer based on the above method, including sample-adding information acquisition device and plus Sample tracer platform;The action message that the sample-adding information acquisition device includes the first power module for power supply and is sequentially connected electrically Sensor module, action data collector module, data filtering module, CPU module and first communication module are acquired, First power module includes the first battery module and acquires respectively with action message acquisition sensor module, action data The first power management module that device module, data filtering module, CPU module are connected with first communication module;It is described to add Sample tracer platform includes the second power supply module for power supply and the second communication module being sequentially connected electrically, MCU module and prompt Module, the second power supply module include the second battery module and respectively with second communication module, MCU module and prompt mould The second source management module of block connection.
The cue module include text prompt module, graphical cues module and sound module weight one kind or two or more Combination, wherein text prompt module use LED array, graphical cues module using LCD liquid crystal display, OLED screen and with plate hole pair One of LED lamp bead answered, sound module use loudspeaker or buzzer.
The first communication module and second communication module use wire communication module or wireless communication module;If first is logical Believe that module and second communication module use wire communication module, then communication interface between the two is using asynchronous serial port, synchronous string One of mouth, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB and wired ethernet;If first communication module and second communication module are using wireless Communication module, the communication frequency band between the two are 400M~500M frequency range, 900M~1000M frequency range, 2.4G frequency range and 5.8G One of frequency range.
The action message acquisition sensor module uses mechanical switch, geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor, pressure sensing One kind or two or more combination in device, infrared sensor and light sensor.
First power module of the sample-adding information acquisition device, action message acquisition sensor module, action data acquisition Device module, data filtering module, CPU module and first communication module are respectively positioned in the first shell;The sample-adding tracer Second power supply module, MCU module, cue module and the second communication module of platform are respectively positioned in second housing.
The above examples are only used to illustrate the technical scheme of the present invention, rather than its limitations;Although with reference to the foregoing embodiments Invention is explained in detail, those skilled in the art should understand that: it still can be to aforementioned each implementation Technical solution documented by example is modified or equivalent replacement of some of the technical features;And these are modified or replace It changes, the spirit and scope for technical solution of various embodiments of the present invention that it does not separate the essence of the corresponding technical solution.

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1. a kind of method for being loaded tracer, it is characterised in that the following steps are included:
The sample-adding path of S1, default pipettor, the sample-adding carried out for pipettor for each plate hole are operated, are respectively repeated steps S2 to S11;
S2, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, by the first rest point, most Button is released the process between Aligning control afterwards, obtains the imbibition process data of pipettor;
S3, the imbibition process of action message acquisition sensor module output in action data collector module acquisition step S2 is utilized Data are transmitted to data filtering module, filter the interference in data;
Imbibition process data after filtering interference are transmitted to CPU module by S4, the data filtering module;
S5, the CPU module handle imbibition process data, obtain the action message and shape of current pipettor State information is recorded as movement A1 and state S1 respectively;
S6, using action message acquisition sensor module perception pipettor button since being pressed, by the second rest point, most Button is released the process between Aligning control afterwards, obtains pipettor discharge opeing process data;
S7, the drain of action message acquisition sensor module output in the action data collector module acquisition step S6 is utilized Process data is transmitted to data filtering module, filters the interference in discharge opeing process data;
The discharge opeing process data not interfered with are transferred to the CPU module by S8, the data filtering module;
S9, the CPU module handle discharge opeing process data, obtain the action message and shape of current pipettor State information is recorded as movement A2 and state S2 respectively;
S10, the CPU module are handled according to movement A1, A2 and state S1, S2 of the pipettor, determine to work as Preceding pipettor completes the entire exercise being once loaded, and issues sample-adding to the MCU module of sample-adding tracer platform by first communication module Completion notice signal;
After S11, the MCU module for being loaded tracer platform receive sample-adding completion notice signal by second communication module, according to pre- The determining prompt data of the Loading sequence being first arranged send control signal to cue module, and control cue module is to completion sample-adding The state of plate hole is shown, to indicate that plate hole complete by liquid relief.
2. the method for sample-adding tracer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: in step S11, the cue module passes through One kind or two or more combination in text prompt, graphical cues and auditory tone cues carries out state displaying.
3. the method for sample-adding tracer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: in step S10, the central processing unit mould Mode or wired communication mode to the MCU module of tracer platform issue sample-adding completion notice signal to block by wireless communication.
4. the method for sample-adding tracer according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: action message described in step S5 and step S9 Believe the position of pressure value information suffered by button including pipettor, the displacement information of pipettor button and pipettor button Breath, status information includes liquid volume information in pipettor.
5. a kind of sample-adding tracer based on claim 1 the method, it is characterised in that: including sample-adding information acquisition device and It is loaded tracer platform;The sample-adding information acquisition device includes the first power module for power supply and the movement being sequentially connected electrically letter Breath acquisition sensor module, action data collector module, data filtering module, CPU module and the first communication mould Block, first power module include the first battery module and acquire sensor module, action data with action message respectively The first power management module that collector module, data filtering module, CPU module are connected with first communication module;Institute State sample-adding tracer platform include the second power supply module for power supply and the second communication module being sequentially connected electrically, MCU module and Cue module, the second power supply module include the second battery module and respectively with second communication module, MCU module and prompt The second source management module of module connection.
6. sample-adding tracer according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the cue module includes text prompt mould Combination more than one kind or two kinds of block, graphical cues module and sound module, wherein text prompt module uses LED times Column, graphical cues module are used using one of LCD liquid crystal display, OLED screen and LED lamp bead corresponding with plate hole, sound module Loudspeaker or buzzer.
7. sample-adding tracer according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the first communication module and the second communication mould Block uses wire communication module or wireless communication module;If first communication module and second communication module use wire communication mould Block, then communication interface between the two is using in asynchronous serial port, synchronous serial interface, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB and wired ethernet It is a kind of;If first communication module and second communication module use wireless communication module, the communication frequency band between the two is 400M One of~500 M frequency ranges, 900M~1000M frequency range, 2.4G frequency range and 5.8G frequency range.
8. sample-adding tracer according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the action message acquisition sensor module is adopted With the one kind or two or more group in mechanical switch, Hall sensor, pressure sensor, infrared sensor and light sensor It closes.
9. sample-adding tracer according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the first power supply of the sample-adding information acquisition device Module, action message acquisition sensor module, action data collector module, data filtering module, CPU module and First communication module is respectively positioned in the first shell;The sample-adding second power supply module of tracer platform, MCU module, cue module and Second communication module is respectively positioned in second housing.
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