Biological reaction apparatus with draining mechanism
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Melbourne Pty Ltd
InventorsStuart ELLIOT, Andrew MCLELLAN, Chester HENDERSON, Mark DOCKRILL, Simon HARRIS, Peter RIDDELL
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Abstract
A biological reaction apparatus for receiving at least one substrate having a sample located in a sample region, and a separate cover, such that a reaction chamber is formed between the cover and substrate over the sample region, wherein the apparatus includes a locating means to locate the substrate; a cover locating means for locating and moving the cover with respect to the substrate; a fluid dispensing means for dispensing fluid into the reaction chamber; and a draining mechanism; wherein the draining mechanism includes wicking means.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller;
- a robotic arm;
- a dispensing mechanism, mounted on the robotic arm, configured to dispense fluids;
- a plurality of individual tray receiving ports disposed under the robotic arm;
- a plurality of slide trays, each of the plurality of slide trays comprises a sliding mechanism such that said respective single slide tray is fitted to slide into a respective individual tray receiving port of the plurality of individual tray receiving ports, wherein each slide tray comprises a plurality of slide receiving sections;
- a plurality of slides, a single slide of the plurality of slides placed on each slide receiving section of the plurality of slide receiving sections of each slide tray;
- a plurality of covers, each cover mounted on a slide of the plurality of slides, wherein each cover comprises a cavity on a side facing the corresponding slide thereby forming a reaction chamber between each slide and its corresponding cover;
- and
- a rack receiving zone comprising a reagent rack which includes a plurality of reagent containers,
- wherein the controller comprises non-transient memory including a program to control the dispensing mechanism of the robotic arm to dispense fluid onto a slide of one of the slide trays independently of dispensing fluid onto another slide of another one of the slide trays,
- wherein the sliding mechanism is rails that extend along a longitudinal side of the sliding tray, and
- wherein each of the plurality of individual tray receiving ports are housing the respective single slide tray of the plurality of slide trays.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.