Patent ID: 9200990
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A01N,G01N

Abstract:
1. A tissue processing system comprising: a plurality of processing stations, wherein each processing station includes a plurality of tissue receiving areas that are each configured to accommodate a tissue sample as well as physically isolate that tissue sample from other tissue samples at other receiving areas of the same processing station, wherein each processing station is configured to separately and individually process The tissue sample at each receiving area to either reduce or eliminate any potential for cross-contamination between the tissue samples undergoing processing at the same processing station, wherein at least two stations of the plurality of processing stations are reagent stations that have a fluid dispenser to dispense fluid onto the tissue samples, and a heater to heat the tissue samples, and each station is configured to expose the tissue samples to vacuum pressure, and agitate the tissue samples at that station, a robotic arm for transporting the tissue samples between the processing stations, wherein each processing station includes a rotatable base platform that is configured to rotate in concert with movement of the robotic arm, and the system is configured to rotate each rotatable base platform to align a tissue sample with a fluid dispenser to dispense either reagent or paraffin directly onto the aligned tissue sample, and wherein the robotic arm is configured to transport only one tissue sample of a plurality of tissue samples that are positioned at the rotatable base platform of one of the plurality of processing stations to another rotatable base platform of another one of the plurality of processing stations for further processing at the another one of the plurality of processing stations.