Supplementing measurement results of automated analyzers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10909213-B2
Application number	US-201715810788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2017
Priority date	Nov 23, 2016
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for supplementing measurement results of automated analyzers is presented. The method includes obtaining, at a computer device, a result of a measurement performed by an automated analyzer, the computer device and the automated analyzer being located within a privileged computer network, obtaining a context related algorithm associated with the result of the measurement defining one or more triggering conditions and context related information from a computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network at the computer device and processing the result of the measurement by using the context related algorithm to generate a context specific supplement to the result of the measurement at the computer device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A computer-implemented method for supplementing measurement results of diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzers, the method comprising:
obtaining, at a computer device, a result of a measurement performed by a diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer, wherein the computer device and the automated analyzer are located within a privileged computer network, and wherein the result of a measurement includes a parameter value of a sample or a component thereof determined by the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer;
obtaining a context related algorithm associated with the result of the measurement defining one or more triggering conditions and context related information from another computer device that resides outside of the privileged computer network at the computer device;
processing the result of a measurement by the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer by using the context related algorithm to generate a context specific supplement to the result of the measurement at the computer device including processing the context related information into a context specific supplement to the result of the measurement if the one or more triggering conditions are met;
obtaining results of measurements from each of the plurality of different privileged computer networks; and providing context related algorithms to each of the plurality of different privileged computer networks, wherein the measurements including DNA and RNA;
creating the context related algorithm at a computer device located in a second privileged computer network different from the privileged computer network, wherein the computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network also resides outside of the privileged computed network; and

providing the context related algorithm to the computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network for storage and distribution to other privileged computer networks.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein context related algorithm is obtained automatically from the computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising,
selecting one or more sources whose context related algorithms obtained at the computer device; and
before obtaining the context related algorithm, verifying the context related algorithm stems from the selected one or more sources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context related algorithm has been created at a computer device located in a second privileged computer network different from the privileged computer network, wherein the computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network also resides outside the second privileged computer network.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing information regarding the result of the measurement to a computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining statistical information associated with the result of the measurement; and
adding the statistical information associated with the result of the measurement to the context specific supplement.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the statistical information associated with the result of the measurement includes one or more of information regarding a likelihood of a combination of a measurement values in the result of the measurement with other measurement values, a likelihood of a combination of a measurement value in the result of the measurement with a particular diagnosis, a likelihood of a combination of a measurement value in the result with a particular disease progression or clinical finding, a likelihood of a combination of a measurement value in the result of the measurement with particular biometric data, statistical information regarding other measurements carried out in combination with the measurement having yielded the result.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the result of the measurement provided to a computer device residing outside of the privileged computer network includes one or more of one or more measurement values determined by the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer, one or more images obtained by the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzers, a description of the result of the measurement of the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer and additional information associated with the result of the measurement.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the result of the measurement is anonymized.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more triggering conditions defines one or more criteria for the result of the measurement, optionally wherein the one or more criteria include one or more of a criterion evaluating a threshold for one or more measurement values, a criterion determining a relationship between two or more measurement values and a criterion defining a pattern in a result of a measurement.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the privileged computer network including at least the computer device and the diagnostic or laboratory automated analyzer is protected by a firewall or other network protections.

Assignees

• Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc

Inventors

• Calatzis Andreas
• Dross Felix
• Wilmer Marianne
• Davidson Simon John

Classifications

• G16H10/40

  for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis · CPC title

• G16H40/67 Primary

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G01N35/00584 Primary

  Control arrangements for automatic analysers · CPC title

• G06F17/18 Primary

  for evaluating statistical data {, e.g. average values, frequency distributions, probability functions, regression analysis (forecasting specially adapted for a specific administrative, business or logistic context G06Q10/04)} · CPC title

• G06F21/6254

  by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification · CPC title