CPC G01N 35/00029 (2013.01) [B01L 9/52 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 1/312 (2013.01); G01N 1/36 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0822 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00039 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00138 (2013.01); Y10T 436/11 (2015.01); Y10T 436/112499 (2015.01); Y10T 436/25 (2015.01); Y10T 436/2575 (2015.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method of automatically preparing a coverslipped microscope slide using an automated slide processing apparatus, the method comprising:
heating a specimen on a microscope slide using a heater inside the automated slide processing apparatus to liquefy paraffin contacting the specimen on the microscope slide;
deparaffinizing the specimen by applying a deparaffinizing fluid to rinse the liquefied paraffin from the heated specimen and the microscope slide;
robotically staining the specimen by contacting the specimen with at least one staining reagent;
robotically moving the microscope slide to a tilted position to drain the at least one staining reagent from the microscope slide;
robotically moving the microscope slide from the tilted position to a coverslipping position;
robotically coverslipping the microscope slide at the coverslipping position; and
moving the coverslipped microscope slide to a waiting position for removal from the automated slide processing apparatus.
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