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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Patricia Carrigan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
James Grille, Tucson, AZ (US);
Greg Martin, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Mark Robida, Tucson, AZ (US);
Patrick C. Roche, Tucson, AZ (US);
VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods, kits, and systems for clarifying obfuscating pigments in histology samples such as an automated method of treating a histology sample with a clarifying reagent so that the clarifying reagent, contacts the sample and the pigments within the sample are decolorized , thus alleviating staining obfuscations associated with pigments. Decolorizing the pigments within the sample enables the histology sample to be interpretable by a qualified reader. An antigen retrieval step is performed after the clarification step.