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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Keith G. Copeland, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas M. Grogan, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles Hassen, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Ross Humphreys, Tucson, AZ (US);
Charles E. Lemme, Tucson, AZ (US);
Phillip C. Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);
William L. Richards, Tucson, AZ (US);
Wayne A. Showalter, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecutively positioning each of a plurality of slide supports in the reagent application zone. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone. The apparatus also has a reagent delivery actuator means positioned for engaging a reagent container positioned on a container support in the reagent delivery zone and initiating reagent delivery from the reagent container to a slide supported on a slide support in the reagent receiving zone.