Method and apparatus for automatic staining of tissue samples
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for automatic staining of tissue samples 有权
    组织样本自动染色的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08257968B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-04

    申请号:US10538964

    申请日:2003-12-19

    IPC分类号: C12M1/34 C12M3/00

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于染色组织样本的装置(1),所述装置(1)包括试剂部分(2)或试剂容器(3); 至少一个染色部分或组织样本,可以将试剂移动到预定组织样品的机器人头部(22)或机器人元件(20),所述机器人元件(20)可在试剂和染色部分上方移动,控制元件 (85),其可以管理染色过程;二维光学传感器(86),用于检测相关属性的二维图像数据,并且可以将捕获的图像数据馈送到控制元件(86)。 通过为机器人元件(20)提供2-D光学传感器(86),可以提供具有多个功能的公共图像处理器。 通过使用2-D光学图像处理系统,装置的控制系统可以容易地适于读取各种类型的数据呈现,正如可以识别装置的部分的实际图像以便评估装置的状况 。 可以使用光学传感器来自动识别装置中存在的载玻片和试剂容器,就像光学传感器可用于检查幻灯片是否位于滑动位置或不存在滑动位置等。