Patent ID: 9498791
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B01L,B05C,B05D,G01N,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A specimen-processing assembly, comprising: a platen configured to support a slide having a specimen-bearing surface; an opposable including— an actuator configured to rotate the opposable relative to the platen, to rotate the platen relative to the opposable, or both in a path of rotation from a first end state at which a first portion of the first spacer and a first portion of the second spacer contact the specimen-bearing surface to a second end state at which a second portion of the first spacer and a second portion of the second spacer contact the specimen-bearing surface; wherein the first portion of the first spacer is spaced apart from the second portion of the first spacer at the first side portion of the fluid-manipulating surface; and the first portion of the second spacer is spaced apart from the second portion of the second spacer at the second side portion of the fluid-manipulating surface; and wherein the first spacer has a height profile parallel to the specimen-bearing surface different than a height profile of the second spacer parallel to the specimen-bearing surface; and wherein an average height of the first portion of the first spacer is greater than an average height of the first portion of the second spacer; and an average height of the second portion of the first spacer is less than an average height of the second portion of the second spacer.