An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel slide support for consecutively positioning each of a plurality of slide supports in the reagent application zone. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone. The apparatus also has a reagent delivery actuator means positioned for engaging a reagent container positioned on a container support in the reagent delivery zone and initiating reagent delivery from the reagent container to a slide supported on a slide support in the reagent receiving zone.
申请公布号
US5595707(A)
申请公布日期
1997.01.21
申请号
US19940352966
申请日期
1994.12.09
申请人
VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
发明人
COPELAND, KEITH G.;GROGAN, THOMAS M.;HASSEN, CHARLES;HUMPHREYS, WILLIAM R.;LEMME, CHARLES D.;MILLER, PHILLIP C.;RICHARDS, WILLIAM L.;SHOWALTER, WAYNE A.