Sample processing system
AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorsShigeki MATSUBARA, Hidetoshi SUGIYAMA, Masashi ENDO
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Abstract
An automatic processing system capable of, when a glass slide is conveyed among a plurality of functional units, reading an identification label of the glass slide and determining an efficient processing order and a conveyance path from a processing procedure designated for the glass slide based on the read identification label is implement with a simple configuration. A conveying unit 20 includes a grip portion 50 that holds a glass slide 30, and the grip portion 50 is provided with an identification label reading unit 60 that reads an identification label.
Claims12
A sample processing system comprising:
- a glass slide supply unit capable of supplying a glass slide to which an identification label associated with conveyance information for conveying the glass slide is attached;
- a glass slide storage unit capable of storing the glass slide;
- a staining unit capable of performing a staining process on a sample placed on the glass slide;
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- a conveying unit capable of conveying the glass slide based on the identification label, wherein
- the conveying unit includes a grip portion configured to hold the glass slide, and
- the grip portion is provided with an identification label reading unit configured to read the identification label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.