Pathology slide automation system and method

US12085578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. · US
• Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Megan E. Creasey · Oro Valley, US
• Matthew Mette · Marana, US
• Denny Osswald · Biblis, DE
• James E. Phillips-Portillo · Tucson, US
• Clayton Reynolds · Orlando, US
• Curtis C. Rose · Tucson, US
• Alexander Schmelzer · Mannheim, DE
• Franklin Ventura · Tucson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2023
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 17, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/00168
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gripper system includes: a first gripper finger having a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove; and a second gripper finger having a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove, wherein the gripper is configured to apply a first compression force against length edges of a slide in a widthwise direction at the first grooves, the gripper is configured to apply a second compression force against width edges of the slide in a lengthwise direction at the second grooves, the gripper is configured to apply a third compression force against width edges of the slide in a lengthwise direction at the third grooves, and the third compression force against the width edges of the slide in the lengthwise direction is an orientation in which the slide is rotated perpendicular to an orientation corresponding to a gripping position of the second grooves.