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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Aaron Michael Ewoniuk, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles Nathan Hassen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Mensah, Tucson, AZ (US);
Logan Rivas, Tucson, AZ (US);
DuWayne Dennis Snyder, Eloy, AZ (US);
Kenneth Eugene Stumpe, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Thompson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for selecting and dispensing coverglasses over specimens on slides for the purpose of viewing specimens through a microscope. The selecting device contains suctioning mechanisms for picking up a coverglass from a stack of coverglasses. It also contains the ability to shape the coverglass to assist in separating and laying down of the coverglasses with a reduction in the creation of bubbles in the fluid.