Patent ID: 9176033
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: disposing a microscope slide on at least one slide support element of an automated apparatus comprising a plurality of slide support elements, each of which is sized to support a single microscope slide, and wherein each slide support element can be moved independently of each other slide support element and wherein said independent movement of the slide support element is controlled automatically, and the apparatus further comprising a separate heating element incorporated in each slide support element for independently heating a microscope slide disposed on the slide support element such that when each slide support element is moved, the separate heating element therein is moved independently of each other separate heating element; treating the microscope slide disposed upon the at least one slide support element forming a treated microscope slide; and independently moving the at least one slide support element having the treated microscope slide thereon.