System to control fluid flow based on a leak detected by a sensor
View Patent ↗A system including a communication interface to communicatively couple to a sensor cartridge, a fluidic subsystem to exchange a reagent solution with the sensor cartridge, and a computational circuitry communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the fluidic subsystem. The computation circuitry is to monitor a sensor signal of a sensor of the sensor cartridge, detect a leak based on the sensor signal, and control fluid flow of the fluidic subsystem in response to detecting.
1. A system comprising:
a communication interface to communicatively couple to a sensor cartridge;
a fluidic subsystem to exchange a reagent solution with the sensor cartridge; and
a computational circuitry communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the fluidic subsystem;
wherein the computation circuitry is to monitor a sensor signal of a sensor of the sensor cartridge, detect a leak based on the sensor signal, and control fluid flow of the fluidic subsystem in response to detecting.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor cartridge includes a sensor exposed to the reagent solution.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor cartridge includes an array of sensors, the sensor being of the array of sensors.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the sensor is a reference sensor of the array of sensors.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an ion sensitive sensor.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a temperature sensor.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computational circuitry is to detect the leak based on a loss of the sensor signal.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computational circuitry is to detect the leak based on a change in characteristic of the sensor signal.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the change in characteristic is a change in noise.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the noise is line noise.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the change in characteristic is a change in value beyond a threshold.
12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a setting to receive the sensor cartridge in alignment with the communication interface.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fluidic subsystem includes a manifold having fluid ports to engage the sensor cartridge.
14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface to provide an override option to a user.
15. A method of controlling a system, the method comprising:
establishing communicative coupling between a communication interface and a sensor cartridge;
establishing fluid communication between a fluidic subsystem and a sensor cartridge;
monitoring a sensor signal of the sensor cartridge via the communication interface;
detecting a leak based on a characteristic of the sensor signal; and
controlling fluid flow of the fluidic subsystem in response to detecting the leak.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the characteristic is noise and wherein detecting a leak includes detecting an increase in noise.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the noise includes line noise.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the noise includes crosstalk from another sensor signal.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein detecting includes detecting a loss of the sensor signal.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the characteristic is a value, and wherein detecting the leak includes detecting a value beyond a threshold.
21. A computer readable medium comprising non-transitory computer operable instructions operable by a computational circuitry to perform a method comprising:
monitoring a sensor signal of a sensor cartridge via a communication interface, the sensor cartridge communicatively coupled to the communication interface and in fluid communication with a fluid subsystem;
detecting a leak based on a characteristic of the sensor signal; and
controlling fluid flow of the fluidic subsystem in response to detecting the leak.