Dako Denmark A/s

Jeffery L Rau

Marc E Key

John Favuzzi

Kristopher Scott Buchanan

Gordon Feingold

Lars Winther

Rosanne Welcher

Benno M Guggenheimer

Robert Lathrop

John Van Bosch

Michael J Barber

Loren Bland

Robert Clark

Jonathan R Sweda

Merritt M Martin, Jr

Dawn M Rohrbacker

Douglas F Sweet

The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for automatic processing a biological sample on a carrier, perhaps robotically, by applying predetermined amounts of reagents in a predetermined sequence according to a processing protocol, the processing including pre-treatment steps, under the control of an adaptive processing control system using a sample process parameter input that may be independent and an independent process parameter memory that does not interrupt process operation when being used, such that samples may be added or removed without interrupting the processing of other samples. Also included is an image capture function for sample and reagent identification and process monitoring, as well as temperature regulation and environmental control functions.

Method and apparatus for automated pre-treatment and processing of biological samples

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Jeffery L Rau