Biological sample treatment apparatus
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd
InventorsMark Brian DOCKRILL, Samuel GASON
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Abstract
Apparatus for treating biological samples disposed on substrates, including: an input buffer for receiving one or more substrate holders each being adapted to support a plurality of the substrates; a treatment zone including a plurality of treatment stations each being adapted to receive one of the substrates; a reagent dispenser configured by a controller to dispense reagents to the substrates at the treatment stations; a substrate transport device configured by the controller to transport individual substrates between the substrate holders in the input buffer and the treatment stations.
Claims22
An automated method for treating biological samples disposed on substrates, wherein the substrates are treated at treatment stations in a treatment zone, the method including the steps of:
- receiving one or more of substrate holders in an input buffer, each substrate holder being adapted to support a plurality of the substrates;
- using a substrate transport device, configured by a controller, to transport individual ones of the substrates between the substrate holders in the input buffer and the treatment stations;
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- using a reagent dispenser, configured by the controller, to dispense reagents to the substrates at the treatment stations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.