Biocare Medical, LLC

Biogenex Laboratories, Inc.

Thomas Marion Maxwell

Ravishankar Melkote

Saradha Avantsa

Hoa Thuong Nguyen

David Abraham Basiji

Krishan L Kalra

David Tacha

Eric Andrew Warner

Michael Huang

Shahin Iqbal

Zhiweng Chang

Smitha Sreedhar

Maria Lourdes Teixeira

Qi Cao

Deidra Imani Jackson

Ziggy Q Kotchetkov

Evan Barker

Kathlyn Leigh Rettig

Geoffrey Cook

Maria L Lourdes Teixeira

This disclosure provides a biological sample processing system and methods for processing biological samples. The processing may include one or both of removing wax from wax-embedded biological samples and applying a reagent to biological samples. Aspects of the dewaxing technique and the technique for applying the reagent may be combined to achieve energy efficiencies. Additional efficiency may be achieved by recirculating heated reagent. A hybrid power system may use a source of stored power to supplement external power at times of peak demand. Uniform distribution of liquids across a surface of the biological samples may be achieved by self-leveling using an inclinometer.

Biological sample processing systems and methods

Heat induced antigen retrieval systems for biological specimens may include a sealable heating pressure chamber, a programmable process controller, a nonpareil operating element, and perhaps even a substantially user-disencumbering autonomous processing component of a plurality of biological samples perhaps using various user selected protocols, and the like.

Methods and systems for immunohistochemistry heat retrieval of biological samples

Automated sample processing systems may include onboard efficient high-speed mixing of at least two components with an automatic vertical force fluidic turbulent component mixer of which a mixed component may be aspirated and high-speed dispensed in a mixing vial. Other aspects may include single sweep applying a multi-treatment cleaning cycle to at least one slide. A multi-treatment cleaning cycle may include a washing treatment and a drying treatment. In yet other aspects the present invention may include an automated recovery sample processing system with the capability of detecting at least one immediate condition of a fortuitously terminated automatic sample processing run and perhaps even an automatic terminated sample processing run reconstruction calculator.

Methods and systems for efficient automatic slide staining in immunohistochemistry sample processing

An automated dispensing assembly includes a base, and a shuttle mounted in the base and movable under automated control between a loading position and a dispensing position. The shuttle includes a cavity configured to carry an object, such as cover. The depth of the cavity in the shuttle is approximately the same (or less) as the thickness of one of the objects. A storage module is mounted proximate the shuttle. The storage module is configured to store a plurality of objects and includes an opening exposing the next object to be dispensed. The cavity is positioned adjacent the opening in the storage module in the loading position and an edge of the cavity separates the object to be dispensed from the other objects in the storage module as the shuttle moves to the dispensing position.

Systems and methods for dispensing objects

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Thomas Marion Maxwell