Dako Denmark A/s

Astute Medical, Inc.

John Van Bosch

John Favuzzi

Kristopher Scott Buchanan

Robert Lathrop

Jonathan R Sweda

Joseph Anderberg

Loren Bland

Merritt M Martin, Jr

Marc E Key

Gordon Feingold

Lars Winther

Rosanne Welcher

Benno M Guggenheimer

Michael J Barber

Robert Clark

Merrit Martin

Jeffery L Rau

Douglas F Sweet

Lauren Bland

Dawn M Rohrbacker

It is an object of the present invention to provide improved methods and compositions for manufacture and use of lateral flow test devices. In particular, the present invention provides a molding method which provides one or more features in the housing base configured to retain the test strip within the base. These features are provided as undercuts in the housing base. The test strip is configured as a bibulous lateral flow material disposed on a substantially non-compressible base layer, and the base layer is positioned within the undercut in order to retain the test strip in the housing base. Optionally, one or more features in the housing base which create the undercut are configured to engage the bibulous lateral flow material by compression and/or friction, thereby increasing the ability of the base to maintaining the test strip in its proper position within the device.

Lateral flow assay with test strip retainer

The invention concerns reagent delivery system for an apparatus for processing of biological samples arranged on microscope slides, comprising a reagent section having one or more reagent containers; a slide section in which at least one microscope slide is arranged; a probe for dispensing a portion of reagent onto a predetermined microscope slide, and means for handling the probe. The probe comprises a continuous prove tubing element extending through a rigid probe member and connecting the probe tip to a pneumatic pressure regulation device. The reagent containers are adapted for cooperation with the probe tip. In this manner a high though-put and a very low carry over of fluid residues is achieved since there is no assembled parts making up the inside volume of the probe in which the fluid may be retained.

Reagent delivery system, dispensing device and container for a biological staining apparatus

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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Ventura, CA, United States of America

John Van Bosch