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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Leica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd, Mt Waverly, Victoria, AU;
Mark Brian Dockrill, Chadstone, AU;
Martin Limon, Richmond, AU;
Michael Houston Drummond, Glen Waverley, AU;
Mark Wilcock, Parkdale, AU;
Brendyn Rodgers, Blackburn, AU;
LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD, Mount Waverly, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
A fluid transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus having slide treatment modules is disclosed. The fluid transport system including a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to slides received in the slide treatment modules. The fluid dispensing robot includes pumping means configured by the controller to pump the reagents to be dispensed from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers; a probe having a body arranged to store one or more of the reagents pumped via the pumping means so as to prime the probe with said one or more of the reagents to be dispensed; and a well disposed on the body of the probe to store further of the reagents primed to be dispensed.