Method of preparing a biological specimen slide
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorRobert Jaekel
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Abstract
A method of preparing a slide of a biological specimen, including the steps of (a) providing a slide containing a biological specimen and a cover slip, (b) placing a liquid non-evaporating sealing compound such as mineral oil at spaced locations around an area on the slide and (c) placing the cover slip over the specimen area whereby the specimen and reagent is between the slide and the cover slip and the sealing compound spreads to define a closed boundary around the specimen in the space between the slide and the cover slip. Testing of the biological specimen may then be performed automatically.
Claims11
A method of preparing a slide of a biological specimen, comprising the steps of:
- providing a slide containing a biological specimen and a cover slip;
- placing a liquid non-evaporating sealing compound around an area on said slide;
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- placing the cover slip over the specimen whereby said specimen is between said slide and said cover slip and said sealing compound defines a closed boundary around the specimen in the space between said slide and said cover slip.
A method of performing a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) process, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a biological specimen on a slide by
- placing a liquid non-evaporating sealing compound around an area on said slide,
- placing the cover slip over the specimen whereby said specimen is between said slide and said cover slip and said sealing compound defines a closed boundary around the specimen in the space between said slide and said cover slip;
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- performing said process on said specimen on said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.