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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Masahiko Fukushima, Kobe, JP;
Seiya Shinabe, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Yamasaki, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A smear preparing apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes: a first transporter that transports a storage tool in a first direction, the storage tool capable of holding microscope slides side by side in the first direction; a slide transfer unit that transfers a microscope slide having a stained sample to the storage tool transported by the first transporter; and a second transporter that is adjacent to the first transporter and that transports the storage tool housing the microscope slide transferred by the slide transfer unit, in a second direction opposite to the first direction.