Patent ID: 6703247
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B01L,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for treating a biological sample with a reagent or reagents, said method consisting essentially of:(a) mounting said biological sample onto a microscope slide, (b) inserting said microscope slide into a slideholder, said slideholder being capable of holding a plurality of slides, (c) predrying at least one reagent in a well on a tray, (d) placing said microscope slide in said slideholder sample side down on top of said well to cover said well, and (e) filling said well completely with water or buffer to dissolve said reagent or reagents and allow said biological sample to contact said reagent or reagents in said well, and wherein capillary action of the dissolved reagent or reagents in said well contacting the microscope slide effectively seals the well from the atmosphere.