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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Gordon Alan Feingold, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James B. Gilmartin, Los Alamos, CA (US);
Mark Richard Holbrook, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Favuzzi, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marc E. Key, Ojai, CA (US);
Gordon Alan Feingold, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James B. Gilmartin, Los Alamos, CA (US);
Mark Richard Holbrook, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Favuzzi, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marc E. Key, Ojai, CA (US);
DAKO DENMARK A/S, Glostrup, DK;
Abstract
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the present invention allow for the automatic control and scheduling of a staining apparatus for biological samples on slides present within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the actions of a robot coupled to the staining apparatus, which performs some of the staining tasks on the individual slides in accordance with their respective protocols, may be prioritized and scheduled. In some embodiments, the scheduling may result in increasing or maximizing the throughput of slides. In some embodiments, robot scheduling ensures that the individual slides are processed substantially within the tolerances specified by their respective protocols. In some embodiments, the robot scheduler may respond to spontaneous user actions and adaptively schedule or re-schedule robot actions.