A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC STAINING OF TISSUE SAMPLES

The present invention concerns an apparatus (1) for staining tissue samples, said apparatus (1) including a reagent section (2) or reagent containers (3); at least one staining section or tissue samples, a robotic head (22) or robotic element (20) that may move reagent to a predetermined tissue samp...

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Hauptverfasser:	FEINGOLD, GORDON, SWEET, DOUG, KEY, MARC, BUCHANAN, KRISTOPHER, FAVUZZI, JOHN, LATHROP, BOB
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE CHEMISTRY CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING ENZYMOLOGY FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LAYERED PRODUCTS LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM MEASURING METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS REGULATING SPIRITS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TESTING TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention concerns an apparatus (1) for staining tissue samples, said apparatus (1) including a reagent section (2) or reagent containers (3); at least one staining section or tissue samples, a robotic head (22) or robotic element (20) that may move reagent to a predetermined tissue sample, said robotic element (20) being moveable above the reagent and the staining sections, a control element (85) that may manage a staining process, a 2-D optical sensor (86) to detect two-dimensional image data of a relevant property and that can feed the captured image data to the control element (86). By providing the robotic element (20) with a 2-D optical sensor (86), a common image processor may be provided having multiple functions. By using a 2-D optical image processing system, the control system of the apparatus may easily be adapted to read various types of data presentations, just as actual images for sections of the apparatus may be identified in order to assess the condition of the apparatus. The optical sensor may be used to automatically identify the slides and the reagent containers present in the apparatus, just as the optical sensor may be used for checking if a slide is misplaced at or absent from a slide position, etc.