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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Ken K. Tseung, Fremont, CA (US);
Norman K. Rhett, San Ramon, CA (US);
Glenn K. Takayama, Danville, CA (US);
Wai Bun Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Delia P. Yuen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ken K. Tseung, Fremont, CA (US);
Norman K. Rhett, San Ramon, CA (US);
Glenn K. Takayama, Danville, CA (US);
Wai Bun Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Delia P. Yuen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lab Vision Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An automated staining system and a reagent container designed for use with the automated staining apparatus. The reagent container includes a reagent containment section capable of containing a volume of a reagent. The reagent containment section includes an upper wall and a base wall that are spaced apart along an axis. The base wall includes a well having a nadir that is aligned axially with an access opening in the upper wall so that a reagent probe entering the opening parallel to the axis will travel toward the nadir. In another aspect of the invention, the reagent container may include a two-dimensional data element containing reagent information. The staining apparatus may include one removable drawer for holding reagent containers and another removable drawer holding slides.