Slide imaging apparatus
AssigneeVentana Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Roland Hawes, Jagdish Pankhania
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Abstract
A slide imaging apparatus that includes a copy holder moving system and an imaging system. The copy holder moving system includes a movable stage configured to move along first and second slide movement axes relative to the imaging system, wherein the imaging system is configured to form an image of a sample mounted on a slide located in the/each imaging location on the movable stage during an image forming process that includes the movable stage moving relative to the imaging system along the first and second slide movement axes. The copy holder moving system also includes a copy holder configured to be mounted to the movable stage, wherein the copy holder is configured to be mounted to the movable stage in each of a plurality of indexing positions.
Claims12
A slide imaging apparatus that includes:
- a copy holder moving system;
- and
- an imaging system;
- wherein the copy holder moving system includes:
- a movable stage configured to move along first and second slide movement axes relative to the imaging system, wherein a top surface of the movable stage includes a plurality of slide support pins configured to support one or more slides in one or more imaging locations on the movable stage, wherein the imaging system is configured to form an image of at least a portion of a sample mounted on a slide located at an imaging location on the movable stage during an image forming process that includes the movable stage moving relative to the imaging system along the first and second slide movement axes;
- a copy holder configured to be mounted to the movable stage, wherein the copy holder includes a plurality of apertures, each aperture being configured to hold a respective slide;
- wherein the copy holder is configured to be mounted to the movable stage in each of a plurality of indexing positions that include:
- a first indexing position in which a first subset of the slides held by the copy holder are supported in the one or more imaging locations by the slide support pins;
- a second indexing position in which a second subset of the slides held by the copy holder are supported in the one or more imaging locations by the slide support pins, wherein the first subset of the slides is different than the second subset of the slides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.