CellMek SPS System: Optimized Time to Result
CellMek SPS System features automatic scheduling of sample preparation steps
Sample preparation scheduler uses the same underlying software architecture as found in other Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Preparation Systems, and it continues to serve as an architectural foundation for future product development.
For all specimen tubes that are scanned in a cassette, the scheduler knows the order of the operations for all panel tubes and the minimum and maximum incubation times. The scheduler runs many simulations where operations are rearranged (while still respecting the order within a panel tube and incubation times). Every time the scheduler simulates a group of operations, it determines which operations to prioritize in order to generate a better schedule. This process for scheduling sample prep steps maximizes efficiency and reduces idle processing time.
Software steps for scheduling panels
Figure 1. Software scheduling steps to establish shortest estimated time to completion (ETC).
Scheduling a 2-Tube Panel on 2 Donors
Figure 2. An example of the scheduling of two 2-tube panels.
How CellMek SPS System benefits the clinical flow customer
Labs are currently facing a labor shortage of highly skilled medical technologists. Automation of sample processing in clinical flow cytometry presents a significant opportunity to address these shortages and increase the efficiency of the workflow while also improving standardization and reducing the potential for errors that can arise from manual methods.
- Can run peripheral blood, bone marrow and dissected tissue samples in a single-cell suspension
- Runs a wide variety of applications
- Standardizes processes & reduces potential for error
- Ensures flexibility via user-defined protocols
- Onboard reagent storage with choice of liquid or dry
- Spin Wash Chambers provide onboard washing capability; washing steps can be freely programmed (both pre- and post-washes)
- Provides confidence in results facilitated by a full audit trail
- Reduces hands-on tech time
- Frees up your talented lab staff to deal with more complex, value-adding tasks
Figure 3. Comparison of standard manual workflow vs CellMek SPS System automated workflow.