EP3773237A4 - Disposable biopsy staining kit and related methods and systems - Google Patents

Disposable biopsy staining kit and related methods and systems Download PDF

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EP3773237A4
EP3773237A4 EP19781705.9A EP19781705A EP3773237A4 EP 3773237 A4 EP3773237 A4 EP 3773237A4 EP 19781705 A EP19781705 A EP 19781705A EP 3773237 A4 EP3773237 A4 EP 3773237A4
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systems
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staining kit
disposable biopsy
biopsy staining
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EP3773237A1 (en
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Samuel Jacob LUETHY
Jonathon Quincy Brown
David Benjamin TULMAN
Andrew Blake SHOLL
Peter Joseph LAWSON
Mei Wang
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Instapath Inc
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    • G01N1/30—Staining; Impregnating ; Fixation; Dehydration; Multistep processes for preparing samples of tissue, cell or nucleic acid material and the like for analysis
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    • G01N35/00029—Automatic analysis not limited to methods or materials provided for in any single one of groups G01N1/00 - G01N33/00; Handling materials therefor provided with flat sample substrates, e.g. slides
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EP19781705.9A 2018-04-05 2019-04-05 Disposable biopsy staining kit and related methods and systems Pending EP3773237A4 (en)

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US201862653400P 2018-04-05 2018-04-05
US201862781865P 2018-12-19 2018-12-19
PCT/US2019/025988 WO2019195677A1 (en) 2018-04-05 2019-04-05 Disposable biopsy staining kit and related methods and systems

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US6418236B1 (en) * 1999-06-24 2002-07-09 Chromavision Medical Systems, Inc. Histological reconstruction and automated image analysis
US20070077550A1 (en) * 2005-09-30 2007-04-05 Sysmex Corporation Sample imaging apparatus, sample analyzing apparatus, and sample imaging method
US20090269799A1 (en) * 2008-04-25 2009-10-29 Constitutional Medical Investors, Inc. Method of determining a complete blood count and a white blood cell differential count
US20100120083A1 (en) * 2008-11-13 2010-05-13 Ritzen Kalle Disposable cassette and method of use for blood analysis on blood analyzer
US20140349381A1 (en) * 2009-01-30 2014-11-27 Micronics, Inc. Portable high gain fluorescence detection system
US20150346097A1 (en) * 2012-12-21 2015-12-03 Micronics, Inc. Portable fluorescence detection system and microassay cartridge
US20160076072A1 (en) * 2013-04-29 2016-03-17 Becton, Dickinson And Company Imaging cartridge, pipette, and method of use for direct sputum smear microscopy
US20160370264A1 (en) * 2014-01-17 2016-12-22 William Eugene Campbell Methods and Systems for Slide Processing
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