Bulk fluid wash module
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd
InventorsAndrew SALAMA, Timothy Ian SPINK, Matthew CUCE, Daniel FRASER
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Abstract
A bulk fluid wash module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the bulk fluid wash module comprising: a body; a cavity disposed in the body, the cavity configured to receive a plurality of bulk fluids dispensed from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of the automated treatment apparatus, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the bulk fluids to the slides and to the cavity; and a scavenger port disposed in the body, the scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity and configured to remove the bulk fluids from the cavity.
Claims14
A bulk fluid wash module for an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, the bulk fluid wash module comprising:
- a body;
- a cavity disposed in the body, the cavity configured to receive a plurality of bulk fluids dispensed from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of the automated treatment apparatus, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the bulk fluids to the slides and to the cavity;
- and
- a scavenger port disposed in the body, the scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity and configured to remove the bulk fluids from the cavity.
A method of removing bulk fluids from a plurality of probes of a bulk fluid robot of an automated treatment apparatus for treating tissue samples disposed on slides, whereby the plurality of probes are configured to dispense the bulk fluids to the slides, the method comprising:
- locating the probes near a cavity of a bulk fluid wash module of the automated treatment apparatus;
- dispensing the bulk fluids from the probes into the cavity;
- and
- removing the bulk fluids from the cavity via a scavenger port in fluid communication with the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.