Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated processing systems and methods of thermally processing microscope slides
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Application No.: US15179853Application Date: 2016-06-10
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Publication No.: US10656168B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Donald Michael Barnett , Delroy Eccleston Clarke , Joseph Leporini , Benjamin David Randall , William Eric Raves , Robert Bennett Singer , DuWayne Dennis Snyder , Michael James Thompson , Matthew Annin Thurman
- Applicant: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G02B21/26
- IPC: G02B21/26 ; G01N35/00 ; G01N1/31 ; G01N1/30 ; G01N1/44 ; B01L9/00 ; B01L7/00
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282375A1 AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY PROCESSING MICROSCOPE SLIDES Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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