Claims
- 1. A method of performing interactive centrifugation, said method comprising the steps of:
spinning a disc having a biological sample in a disc drive at a specified initial speed; checking interactively for a qualifying response from said disc drive; and spinning said disc following a predetermined progam when a qualified response is not received.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of checking interactively further comprises the steps of:
performing an investigation to check for said qualifying responses; analyzing information from said responses.
- 3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of:
calculating the drive rate for achieving said desired disc drive rotational speed; issuing command to set said drive rate; spinning said disc drive for a specified period; performing an investigation to check for qualifying responses; and determining whether a qualifying response has been received.
- 4. The method of claim 2 further comprising the steps of:
calculating a head position for achieving said desired disc drive rotational speed; issuing command to set said head position; spinning said disc drive for a specified period; performing an investigation to check for responses; and determining whether a qualifying response has been received.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said specified speed is manually chosen by user.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein said specified speed is set by said software.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of setting said initial speed comprises the steps of:
sending a target inquiry command to said disc drive; receiving a reply from said disc drive; and checking said reply against a list of vendor data in a database.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of setting said initial speed further comprises the steps of:
using vendor specific commands from said database if said reply is found in said database; issuing said vendor specific commands to spin said disc drive at a specific rotational speed for a specified period.
- 9. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of setting said initial speed further comprises the steps of:
using standard commands from said database if said reply is not found in said database; issuing said standard commands to spin said disc drive at a specific rotational speed for a specified period.
- 10. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of spinning said disc spins said disc drive at different speeds to achieve the effect of agitation.
- 11. The method of claim 1 wherein said disc drive is a CLV disc drive and said speed is set by moving a read head to a radial position so as to result in a desired rotation speed.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein said disc drive is a CAV drive and said speed is set by providing speed control commands to said disc drive.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The applicant claims priority to provisional patent application No. 60/306,678 filed on Jul. 20, 2001.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60306678 |
Jul 2001 |
US |
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60306703 |
Jul 2001 |
US |