Patent ID: 11970406
Assignee: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 16:
17. A passive, gravity-driven treatment system, operatively coupled to an automated slide staining apparatus, for treatment of a waste stream exiting the automated slide staining apparatus, wherein the system comprises:
(a) a homogenizing reservoir fluidically coupled to the automated slide staining apparatus for receiving the waste stream and a radical initiator, wherein the waste stream includes (i) an oil-phase fluid component, and (ii) an aqueous fluid component comprising at least one target compound, wherein the oil-phase fluid component rises and floats above the aqueous fluid component when in the homogenizing reservoir so as to form an upper layer of oil effluent and a lower layer of target effluent, wherein the radical initiator is disposed in the target effluent;
(b) a radical generating reservoir fluidly connected to the homogenizing reservoir;
(c) a radical generator coupled to the radical generating reservoir, wherein the radical generator is configured to irradiate the target effluent while the target effluent is disposed in the radical generating reservoir such that a detectable concentration of the at least one target compound in the target effluent is reduced to provide a treated effluent; and
(d) a first disposal unit for receiving the treated effluent exiting from a waste outlet of the radical generating reservoir, and wherein the first disposal unit is configured such that the treated effluent is not flowed to the automated slide staining apparatus.