Granted Patent B2

US 12,734,521 · App. 19/295,488 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventors: Tony Biz (South San Francisco, CA); Vladimir Azersky (San Jose, CA); Adam Newton Wold (San Francisco, CA); Brian Alexander Pesch (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Cellares Corporation

B01L3/502715A61L2/04A61L2/20A61L2/206A61L2/208B01J19/004B01L13/00C12M23/44C12M23/50C12M41/48C12N5/00C12N5/0081A61L2/08A61L2202/11A61L2202/122A61L2202/123A61L2202/14B01J2219/0002B01J2219/0074B01L2200/027B01L2300/049

Abstract

Claims (19)

1 . A method for automated cell processing, the method comprising:

generating an ordered output list of cell processing steps based on an ordered input list of cell processing operations;

controlling a robot to retrieve a fluid device from a storage area based on the ordered output list;

controlling the robot to move the fluid device between a plurality of instruments in a sequence determined by the ordered output list, wherein the plurality of instruments performs the cell processing operations;

operating a fluid connector to couple the fluid device to at least one of the plurality of instruments; and

transferring a fluid comprising cells through the fluid connector.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot comprises an end effector configured to manipulate the fluid device.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the end effector comprises a gripper configured to couple to one or more portions of the fluid device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the robot comprises generating a robot signal using a controller comprising a processor and memory.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot comprises a robotic arm.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot is configured to move the fluid device without human intervention.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the fluid device comprises a cavity configured to contain the fluid, and the fluid connector.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the fluid device comprises an engagement feature configured to facilitate control of the fluid device by the robot.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the robot comprises controlling the robot to move a plurality of fluid devices in parallel.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the robot comprises controlling the robot to move the fluid device in three degrees of freedom.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the robot to retrieve the fluid device comprises instructing the robot to scan a barcode or read an RFID tag on the fluid device.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot controlled to move within an enclosed area.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot is configured for one or both of translation or rotation.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the robot is configured to move the fluid device from a first to a second of the plurality of instruments.

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