Patent ID: 9267868
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B01J,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A microscope slide staining system, comprising: a chamber having an inner space; a plurality of independently movable slide support elements positioned in the inner space of the chamber, each of the slide support elements configured to support a microscope slide; a plurality of separate independently movable spreading devices such that at least one of the spreading devices being associated with one of the slide support elements for spreading at least one reagent upon the microscope slide, each spreading device extending across at least a portion of the slide support element in a way that the spreading device defines a gap between the spreading device and the microscope slide when the microscope slide is positioned on the slide support element; and a plurality of heating elements such that at least one of the heating elements is associated with one of the slide support elements to heat the reagent on the microscope slide.