AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY PROCESSING MICROSCOPE SLIDES

AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMALLY PROCESSING MICROSCOPE SLIDES

An apparatus (1110) for heating a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides and a method for drying a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides are disclosed. The apparatus (1110) is comprising a housing (1122) at least partially defining a circulati...

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Hauptverfasser: SNYDER, DuWayne, RANDALL, Benjamin, RAVES, William, SINGER, Bob, BARNETT, Donald, LEPORINI, Joseph, THURMAN, Matthew, CLARKE, Delroy, THOMPSON, Michael
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus (1110) for heating a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides and a method for drying a plurality of specimens carried by a plurality of microscope slides are disclosed. The apparatus (1110) is comprising a housing (1122) at least partially defining a circulation loop (1121); a blower (1110) positioned to produce fluid flow along the circulation loop (1121); a door assembly (1101) moveable between an open position and a closed position; a heater (1116) configured to heat the fluid flow such that the specimens are convectively heated by the fluid flow when the door assembly (1101) holds the slide carrier (1200) along the second portion of the circulation loop (1121); a turbulence promoter (1118) positioned downstream of the heater (1116) along the circulation loop (1121) and configured to create a turbulent fluid flow along a first portion of the circulation loop (1121); and a laminar flow promoter (1114) positioned downstream of the first portion of the circulation loop and configured to create a laminar fluid flow along a second portion of the circulation loop (1121).