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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Adrian Elmer Leek, Hingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
CytoLogix Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 1/30 ; C12P 3/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 ; C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 1/30 ; C12P 3/900 ;
Abstract
An automated method for the silver metal staining of a biological specimen includes treating the biological specimen with a solution including non-gelling gelatin, a solution including a silver salt and a solution including a reducing agent. Non-gelling gelatin is soluble in cold water and the non-gelling gelatin solution can be formed and dispensed onto the biological specimen from liquid dispensers at room temperature. The method can be used in an automated process to detect spirochetes and other bacteria in tissue sections.