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US 12,618,754 B2Granted
Oil removal method, oil remover, transporter, and testing system
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorsNaoshi Takara, Mitsuo Yamasaki
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Abstract
An oil removal method is disclosed that removes an oil for an oil immersion object lens adhering to a smear surface of a smear of a sample. The method may include removing the oil by moving at least one of a first holder holding the smear to be subjected to oil removal or a second holder holding an oil absorption member that absorbs the oil from a separated state where a contact surface of the oil absorption member and the smear surface are positioned away from each other to a contacting state where the smear surface and the contact surface are in contact with each other, and moving at least one of the first holder or the second holder from the contacting state to the separated state after removing the oil.
Claims16
A testing system comprising:
- a smear preparing device configured to prepare a smear being a glass slide with a sample smeared thereon;
- a smear imaging device configured to supply an oil onto the smear prepared by the smear preparing device and image the smear with an oil immersion object lens;
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- an oil remover configured to remove, after imaging by the smear imaging device, the oil for the oil immersion object lens adhering to the smear prepared by the smear preparing device, wherein the oil remover comprises:
- a first holder that holds the smear to be subjected to oil removal;
- a second holder that holds one or more oil absorption members which absorbs the oil;
- a movement mechanism that is configured to move at least one of the first holder and the second holder so as to shift from a separated state where a contact surface of at least one of the one or more oil absorption members and the smear are positioned away from each other to a contacting state where the smear and the contact surface are in contact with each other;
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- a controller that is configured to control the movement mechanism, wherein
- the second holder holds the one or more oil absorption members comprising plural oil absorption members, and
- the controller is configured to control the movement mechanism to bring the smear into contact with two or more of the plural oil absorption members.
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A testing system comprising:
- a smear preparing device configured to prepare a smear being a glass slide with a sample smeared thereon;
- a smear imaging device configured to supply an oil onto the smear prepared by the smear preparing device and image the smear with an oil immersion object lens;
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- an oil remover configured to remove, after imaging by the smear imaging device, the oil for the oil immersion object lens adhering to the smear prepared by the smear preparing device, wherein the oil remover comprises:
- a first holder that holds the smear to be subjected to oil removal;
- a second holder that holds one or more oil absorption members which absorbs the oil;
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- a movement mechanism that is configured to move at least one of the first holder and the second holder so as to shift from a separated state where a contact surface of at least one of the one or more oil absorption members and the smear are positioned away from each other to a contacting state where the smear and the contact surface are in contact with each other, wherein
- the second holder comprises a holding tool that is detachably attached to the second holder, and
- the one or more oil absorption members are attached to the holding tool.
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A testing system comprising:
- a smear preparing device configured to prepare a smear being a glass slide with a sample smeared thereon;
- a smear imaging device configured to supply an oil onto the smear prepared by the smear preparing device and image the smear with an oil immersion object lens;
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- an oil remover configured to remove, after imaging by the smear imaging device, the oil for the oil immersion object lens adhering to the smear prepared by the smear preparing device, wherein the oil remover comprises:
- a first holder that holds the smear to be subjected to oil removal;
- a second holder that holds one or more oil absorption members which absorbs the oil;
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- a movement mechanism that is configured to move at least one of the first holder and the second holder so as to shift from a separated state where a contact surface of at least one of the one or more oil absorption members and the smear are positioned away from each other to a contacting state where the smear and the contact surface are in contact with each other, wherein
- the movement mechanism is configured to move the first holder between a first position at which the smear to be subjected to oil removal is received by the first holder and a second position at which the smear after the oil removal is removed from the first holder, and
- the second holder holds the one or more oil absorption members in an area between the first position and the second position,
- the movement mechanism comprises:
- a pivotal driver configured to bring the smear and the contact surface into and out of contact with each other by pivoting the first holder about a rotation shaft lying in a horizontal plane while supporting an end portion of the first holder, and
- a horizontal driver configured to move the first holder between the first position and the second position by moving the first holder in a horizontal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.