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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:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Daniel Lapen, Lancaster, MA (US);
Norman Soule, Brockton, MA (US);
Somthouk Lim, Farmingham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Lapen, Lancaster, MA (US);
Norman Soule, Brockton, MA (US);
Somthouk Lim, Farmingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
CYTYC Corporation, Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating a biological sample with a Papanicolaou staining process is provided. The method comprises incorporating a detergent treatment into the staining process at any of various steps. The method has been found to advantageously reduce the number of artifacts produced during Papanicolaou staining. Also provided is a sample stained by such a process.