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Title:
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING LARGE NUMBER OF SLIDES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006308575
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an automatic system for executing slide processing operations with respect to slides that support biological samples.

The automatic system includes both a slide tray for holding a plurality of slides, substantially at a horizontal position and a work station for receiving the slide tray. The work station, in an embodiment, supplies reagents for slide surfaces, without having to transfer substantial amount of the reagents (and reagents carrying contaminants, such as exfoliated cells) from one slide to another slide. An automatic slide processing method is also provided.


Inventors:
REINHARDT KURT
LEMME CHARLES D
WARD GLEN
RICHARDS WILLIAM L
SHOWALTER WAYNE
AMBLER BRANDON
ASHBY AUSTIN
BORCHERT CHRIS
CAMPBELL DEVON C
CHRISTENSEN KIMBERLY
FREEMAN MATTHEW
GHUSSON ANDREW
GRIEBEL RICK
HENDRICK KENDALL B
HOLUBEC MIROSLAV
MEHTA PARULA
RIZZO VINCENT
Application Number:
JP2006093269A
Publication Date:
November 09, 2006
Filing Date:
March 30, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
VENTANA MED SYST INC
International Classes:
G01N1/30; B01L9/00; G01N1/28; G01N1/31; G01N1/36; G01N35/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2002533695A2002-10-08
JP2002505089A2002-02-19
JPH05504627A1993-07-15
JPH09503304A1997-03-31
JP2001516869A2001-10-02
JP2004506228A2004-02-26
JP2002511600A2002-04-16
JP2001242175A2001-09-07
JP2003344242A2003-12-03
JP2002267942A2002-09-18
JP2002533695A2002-10-08
JP2002505089A2002-02-19
JPH05504627A1993-07-15
Foreign References:
WO2004008106A22004-01-22
WO2003091137A22003-11-06
WO2003045560A22003-06-05
WO2003089140A12003-10-30
WO2004008106A22004-01-22
WO2003091137A22003-11-06
WO2003045560A22003-06-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Koshiba