OBJEKTTRÄGERFÄRBEVORRICHTUNG MIT WAHLFREIEM ZUGRIFF UND UNABHÄNGIGER OBJEKTTRÄGERHEIZUNGSREGELUNG

摘要

A microscope slide stainer, comprising: a staining protocol program comprising instructions for applying reagents and heat to a plurality of microscope slides bearing biological tissues; a plurality of slide supports, each support being comprised of a heating element and having a surface on which at least one microscope slide rests so as to transfer heat to the at least one microscope slide; at least one reagent dispenser that can dispense a liquid reagent onto a microscope slide; a movable carriage that causes the reagent dispenser to be aligned over a desired microscope slide, as specified in the staining protocol program, so that reagent dispensed out of the reagent dispenser drops onto an underlying microscope slide; and a control system that issues commands to cause relative motion of the reagent dispenser and microscope slide with respect to each other so that the reagent dispenser is aligned over a desired microscope slide, as specified in the staining protocol program, and that issues commands to cause the heating elements to heat at the times specified in the staining protocol program, the control system being capable of heating one heating element to a different temperature than another.