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Automated slide processing systems, consumable stainer units, and related technologies

US12345721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Claudia Gaertner · Jena, DE
Holger Becker · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2021
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/00346
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods that enable automated processing of specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to an automated staining system that includes an instrument including an end effector and a stainer unit-receiving station that receives a stainer unit such that the end effector delivers reagent from the reagent reservoirs to a reaction chamber of the slide stainer unit. The stainer unit can carry fresh reagents, waste material, and components used to handle the reagents.

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