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Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);

Inventors:

Svitlana Y. Berezhna, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Rene Nieves Alicea, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ema C. Olah, Oakville, CA;

Assignee:

Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01J 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/314 (2013.01); G01J 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3196 (2013.01);
Abstract

The instant disclosure provides spectrophotometric methods for assessing histological stains used in a histology analyzer. The methods find use in various assessments including determinations of the identity of a histological stain, determinations of the quality of a histological stain, etc. Also included are devices and systems for practicing the described methods. The instant disclosure also provides computer readable media containing libraries of reference spectrophotometric characteristics of histological stains useful in assessing a histological stain used in a histology analyzer. Also provided is computer readable media containing instructions that cause a computing device to perform steps for making an assessment of a histological stain.


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