Bulk fluid wash module
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd
InventorsAndrew Salama, Timothy Ian Spink, Matthew Cuce, Daniel Fraser
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Abstract
A bulk fluid wash module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the bulk fluid wash module comprising: a body; a cavity disposed in the body, the cavity configured to receive a plurality of bulk fluids dispensed from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of the automated treatment apparatus, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the bulk fluids to the slides and to the cavity; and a scavenger port disposed in the body, the scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity and configured to remove the bulk fluids from the cavity.
Claims15
A bulk fluid wash module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the bulk fluid wash module comprising:
- a body;
- a cavity disposed in the body, the cavity having an opening at a top of the body and being configured to receive a plurality of bulk fluids dispensed from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of the automated treatment apparatus, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the plurality of bulk fluids to the slides and to the cavity;
- a scavenger port disposed in the body, the scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity inside the body and configured to remove the plurality of bulk fluids from the cavity, wherein the scavenger port comprises:
- a top opening at the top of the body that is spaced from the opening of the cavity, the top opening being configured to receive a scavenger probe configured to apply a vacuum force to remove the plurality of bulk fluids from the cavity;
- a bottom opening within the body adjacent a bottom of the body;
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- a scavenger cavity extending within the body from the top opening of the scavenger port to the bottom opening of the scavenger port;
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- a collection point forming a channel that extends within the body between a bottom end of the cavity and the bottom opening of the scavenger port such that the top opening of the scavenger port is fluidly connected to the cavity inside the body via the channel formed by the collection point, the bottom opening of the scavenger port, and the scavenger cavity of the scavenger port.
A method of removing bulk fluids from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the bulk fluids to the slides, the method comprising:
- locating the plurality of probes near a cavity of a bulk fluid wash module of the automated treatment apparatus, the bulk fluid wash module comprising:
- a body;
- the cavity disposed in the body, the cavity having an opening at a top of the body and being configured to receive a plurality of the bulk fluids dispensed from the plurality of probes of the bulk fluid robot of the automated treatment apparatus;
- a scavenger port disposed in the body, the scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity inside the body and configured to remove the plurality of the bulk fluids from the cavity, wherein the scavenger port comprises:
- a top opening at the top of the body that is spaced from the opening of the cavity, the top opening being configured to receive a scavenger probe configured to apply a vacuum force to remove the plurality of the bulk fluids from the cavity;
- a bottom opening within the body adjacent a bottom of the body;
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- a scavenger cavity extending within the body from the top opening of the scavenger port to the bottom opening of the scavenger port;
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- a collection point forming a channel that extends within the body between a bottom end of the cavity and the bottom opening of the scavenger port such that the top opening of the scavenger port is fluidly connected to the cavity inside the body via the channel formed by the collection point, the bottom opening of the scavenger port, and the scavenger cavity of the scavenger port;
- dispensing the bulk fluids from the plurality of probes into the cavity;
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- removing the bulk fluids from the cavity via the top opening of the scavenger port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.