# US 2021/0278428 A1 · Cover slip sticking device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0278428 A1 - Document ID: US20210278428A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/324,904 - Filed: 2017-05-30 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-12 - Assignees: Sakura Seiki Co., Ltd.; Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Sakura Seiki Co., Ltd.; Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Tomonori KAWAI; Yamato MIYAIRI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210278428A1 ## CPC - G01N 35/00613: {Quality control} - G01N 35/00732: {Identification of carriers, materials or components in automatic analysers} - B01L 3/54: {Labware with identification means} - B01L 9/00: Supporting devices; Holding devices - G01N 1/312: {for samples mounted on planar substrates} - G01N 1/36: Embedding or analogous mounting of samples - G01N 35/00029: {provided with flat sample substrates, e.g. slides (G01N35/028 takes precedence)} - G01N 35/00663: {of consumables} - G01N 35/00871: {Communications between instruments or with remote terminals} - G02B 21/34: Microscope slides, e.g. mounting specimens on microscope slides - G01N 2035/00089: {Magazines} - G01N 2035/00138: {Slides} - G01N 2035/00752: {bar codes} - G01N 2035/00782: {reprogrammmable code} - G01N 2035/00801: {Holders for sample carriers, e.g. trays, caroussel, racks} - G01N 2035/00811: {consumable or exchangeable components other than sample carriers, e.g. detectors, flow cells} - G01N 2035/00891: {Displaying information to the operator} - G01N 2035/009: {alarms, e.g. audible} - G01N 2035/0091: {GUI [graphical user interfaces]} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cover slip sticking device comprising: a dipping bath in which a clearing agent is contained and slide glasses on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in the clearing agent; a holder holding a cover slip as a cover film or a cover glass and having cover slip information including at least a type of the cover slip held therein; a mounting part on which the holder is mounted; a sticking part sticking the cover slip taken out from the holder mounted on the mounting part on the slide glass; a reading unit reading the cover slip information possessed by the holder; a storage unit storing a type of the clearing agent currently contained in the dipping bath and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips; and a determination unit comparing the type of the cover slip in the cover slip information read by the reading unit and the type of the clearing agent currently contained in the dipping bath and stored in the storage unit with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 1, further comprising: a notification unit notifying an operator of a result determined by the determination unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 1, wherein the cover slip information is recorded on a surface of the holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 1, wherein a cover slip storage unit storing cover slip information is provided in the holder. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 4, wherein the cover slip storage unit is capable of rewriting stored data, further comprising: a reader/writer capable of reading the cover slip information and rewriting cover slip information inside the cover slip storage unit or writing new information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 5, wherein the cover slip information contains an initial value of a cover slip amount including a length or the number of cover slips held in the holder, further comprising: a usage volume calculation unit calculating a usage volume of the cover slip taken out from the holder and used; and a remaining amount calculation unit calculating a remaining amount of the cover slip held in the holder by subtracting the usage volume measured by the usage volume calculation unit from the initial value of the cover slip amount in cover slip information read out by the reading unit, wherein the writing unit writes the remaining amount of the cover slip held in the holder which is calculated by the remaining amount calculation unit in the cover slip storage unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 1, wherein the cover slip information contains an expiration date of the cover slip, further comprising: a calendar function; and an expiration date detection unit comparing the expiration date in cover slip information read by the reading unit with a current date based on the calendar function to detect that the expiration date has passed since the current date. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cover slip sticking device according to claim 7, further comprising: a notification unit notifying an operator of a result determined by the determination unit; wherein the expiration date detection unit notifies that the expiration date has passed by the notification unit when detecting that the expiration date has passed.