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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2020
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Donald Michael Barnett, Tucson, AZ (US);
Delroy Eccleston Clarke, Marana, AZ (US);
Joseph Leporini, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Benjamin David Randall, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Eric Raves, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Bennett Singer, Tucson, AZ (US);
Duwayne Dennis Snyder, Eloy, AZ (US);
Michael James Thompson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Annin Thurman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus that enable drying and curing a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides. Slide carriers are positioned at a first position while the slide carrier holds the microscope slides. Each of the specimens can be carried by one of the microscope slides. The slide carrier can be robotically moved to move the slide carrier into a circulation loop defined by a heater apparatus. The specimens and/or microscope slides can be convectively heated while the slide carrier is located in the circulation loop.