Automated methods, kits, and systems for clarifying obfuscating pigments in histology samples
US9869617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2035/00376
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods, kits, and systems for clarifying obfuscating pigments in histology samples such as an automated method of treating a histology sample with a clarifying reagent so that the clarifying reagent, contacts the sample and the pigments within the sample are decolorized , thus alleviating staining obfuscations associated with pigments. Decolorizing the pigments within the sample enables the histology sample to be interpretable by a qualified reader. An antigen retrieval step is performed after the clarification step.
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