Slide output module
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd
InventorsGregory William Boyes, Nicolas Guiraldenq, Brenden Anthony Shawcroft
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Abstract
A slide output module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the slide output module comprising: a slide output tray assembly comprising a slide output tray adjacent to a slide output cover forming one or more voids between the slide output tray and the slide output tray cover for receiving slides therein, wherein the slide output tray cover comprises a first side with a fluid inlet in communication one of the voids, and a second side configured to form a hydration chamber with a slide in said one of the voids to maintain hydration of the slide with fluid received from the fluid inlet for a designated time following treatment of the slide by the automated staining apparatus.
Claims20
A slide output module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the slide output module comprising:
- a slide output tray assembly comprising a plurality of slide output trays and a plurality of slide output tray covers, each of the slide output trays adjacent to a respective one of the slide output tray covers forming a plurality of voids between the slide output tray and the slide output tray cover for receiving slides therein,
- wherein each of the plurality of slide output tray covers comprises a first side with a fluid inlet in communication with one of the plurality of voids, and a second side configured to form a hydration chamber with a slide in one of the plurality of voids to maintain hydration of the slide with fluid received from the fluid inlet for a designated time following treatment of the slide by the automated treatment apparatus,
- wherein the plurality of slide output trays and slide output tray covers are provided in a stacked arrangement forming a plurality of steps.
A method of hydrating tissue samples disposed on slides, the method comprising the steps of:
- an automated treatment apparatus locating a slide in one of a plurality of voids in a slide output module of the automated treatment apparatus following treatment by the automated treatment apparatus, wherein the slide output module comprises:
- a slide output tray assembly comprising a plurality of slide output trays and a plurality of slide output tray covers, each of the slide output trays adjacent to a respective one of the slide output tray covers forming a plurality of voids between the slide output tray and the slide output tray cover for receiving slides therein, wherein the plurality of slide output trays and slide output tray covers are provided in a stacked arrangement forming a plurality of steps, and
- wherein each of the plurality of slide output tray covers comprises a first side with a fluid inlet in communication with one of the plurality of voids, and a second side configured to form a hydration chamber with a slide in one of the plurality of voids to maintain hydration of the slide with fluid received from the fluid inlet for a designated time following treatment of the slide by the automated treatment apparatus,
- the automated treatment apparatus inputting fluid to the slide in the void via the fluid inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.