Automated slide staining system

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G01N 1/30 (2006.01) G01N 1/31 (2006.01)

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CA 2227791

The present invention provides an automatic slide staining system (10) which will process stained slides, such as cytology or histology specimens. The present invention includes two embodiments for the staining system. The first system includes a slide storage device (12), a slide transport apparatus (14), a first platen (16) including a plurality of staining stations (18), a heating station (64), and a housing (20). In order to utilize the first embodiment of the system of the present invention, the stained slides are placed in the storage device (12). The slides are removed from the storage device (12) and are processed on the various stations via the transport apparatus (14). The first system can be altered slightly so that a cover slip apparatus can be incorporated within the system. In order to do so, the heating station (64) is removed. A cover slip dispensing apparatus replaces the heating station. This will permit for a cover slip to be placed on the stained slide after a complete transverse of the slide staining stations.

Cette invention, qui concerne un système automatique pour coloration de lames (10) destiné au traitement de lames colorées, des spécimens relevant du domaine de la cytologie et de l'histologie, par exemple, traite de deux modes de réalisation de ce dispositif de coloration. Le premier est constitué d'un dispositif de stockage de lames (12), d'un appareil de transport de lames (14), d'une première table (16) comportant plusieurs postes de coloration (18), d'un poste de chauffe (64) et d'un boîtier (20). Pour se servir du premier mode de réalisation du système selon cette invention, on dispose, dans un premier temps, les lames colorées dans le dispositif de stockage de lames (12). Les lames sont ensuite retirées du dispositif de stockage et traitées dans les différents postes au moyen de l'appareil de transport (14). Il est possible de modifier légèrement ce premier système afin d'y introduire un appareil à verres de montage. Pour ce faire, on enlève le poste de chauffe (64) que l'on remplace par un distributeur de verres de montage. Cette modification permet de mettre en place un verre de montage sur la lame colorée après le passage par tous les postes du système de coloration de lames.

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