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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:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Krishan L. Kalra, Danville, CA (US);
Jason Z. Zhang, Dublin, CA (US);
Zhi-Weng Chang, San Leandro, CA (US);
Jianghong Shui, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
BioGenex Laboratories, San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G01N 3/100 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 3/500 ; G01N 3/508 ; G01N 1/00 ; G01N 1/10 ; B01L 3/02 ; B01L 3/00 ; B05C 1/102 ; B05C 1/500 ; B05C 5/00 ; B05B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G01N 3/100 ; G01N 3/300 ; G01N 3/500 ; G01N 3/508 ; G01N 1/00 ; G01N 1/10 ; B01L 3/02 ; B01L 3/00 ; B05C 1/102 ; B05C 1/500 ; B05C 5/00 ; B05B 7/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an automated staining apparatus including an arm ( ) moveable in three dimensions, and a hollow tip head ( ) located on the arm including integral reagent tip head ( ), wash tip ( ) and blow tip ( ) for selectively dispensing gas and liquid onto microscope slides. Also disclosed are various sub-components of the apparatus that are specifically adapted to the processing of specimens on slides.