Patent ID: 8820378

Claim:
A point of use coating system, comprising: an applicator cartridge containing a coating composition comprising a silane, siloxane, silicon fluid, silicone, polysiloxane, fluorosilane, organofunctional silane, organosilane, or a combination thereof, the applicator cartridge for providing the coating composition to form a coated analytic substrate; and a coating apparatus comprising: an analytic substrate support mechanism sized and adapted to support an analytic substrate in a coating application position, an applicator device comprising a wiping device able to wipe the coating composition, and a positioning mechanism able to automatically move the applicator device and/or the analytic substrate support mechanism in at least one direction to enable controlled application of the coating composition by the applicator device; and an analytic substrate disposed on the analytic substrate support mechanism, wherein the analytic substrate is free of a biological specimen disposed thereon, and wherein the analytic substrate is a microscope slide.