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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Junya Ikuta, Kobe, JP;
Masaharu Shibata, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Mitsuo Yamasaki, Kobe, JP;
Yuji Takano, Kobe, JP;
Ken Nishikawa, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A smear preparing apparatus may include: a staining unit including staining tanks that are configured to receive glass slides smeared with samples and to accommodate a staining solution used to stain the samples smeared on the glass slides; a transfer unit that holds the glass slides and transfers the glass slides to the staining unit; a fluid circuit that supplies the staining solution to each of the staining tanks in the staining unit; and a controller that determines a staining tank used for staining processing among the staining tanks in response to a manipulation by a user.