Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

Jagdish Pankhania

William Roland Hawes

Martin Philip Gouch

A method for forming an image of a sample mounted on a slide includes: forming, using an imaging system, a first image of a first swathe of a plurality of swathes, the first swathe being positionally constrained within an aperture in a movable stage configured to move along first and second slide movement axes relative to the imaging system; using a copy holder moving system to move the movable stage, wherein the copy holder includes: a plurality of apertures each configured to hold a respective slide; an indexing arm for holding the copy holder; and an indexing motor configured to move the indexing arm along an indexing axis that is nonparallel with respect to both the first and second slide movement axes; and forming, using the imaging system, a second image of a second swathe of the plurality of swathes.

Slide imaging apparatus

A method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus including positioning a stage in relation to a flat surface so that the flat surface is positioned in front of the top surfaces of slide support pin bases on the top surface of the stage. The method also includes injecting a fluid pin surfacing material configured to solidify into the hole of each slide support pin base so that at least some of the fluid pin surfacing material exits the hole at the top surface of the slide support pin bases and pushes up against the flat surface. The method also includes removing the flat surface so that a tip of solid pin surfacing material is formed on the top surface of each slide support pin base, thereby providing the stage with a plurality of slide support pins.

Method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus

A slide imaging apparatus that includes a copy holder moving system and an imaging system. The copy holder moving system includes a movable stage configured to move along first and second slide movement axes relative to the imaging system, wherein the imaging system is configured to form an image of a sample mounted on a slide located in the/each imaging location on the movable stage during an image forming process that includes the movable stage moving relative to the imaging system along the first and second slide movement axes. The copy holder moving system also includes a copy holder configured to be mounted to the movable stage, wherein the copy holder is configured to be mounted to the movable stage in each of a plurality of indexing positions.

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