Thomas F Maxwell

US Patent:

20110151504, Jun 23, 2011

Filed:

Dec 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/645340

Inventors:

Saradha Avantsa - Concord CA, US
Ravishankar Melkote - Fremont CA, US
Thomas Maxwell - Danville CA, US
Geoffrey Cook - Santa Barbara CA, US

Assignee:

BIOCARE MEDICAL, LLC - Concord CA

International Classification:

G01N 1/30
G01N 1/31

US Classification:

435 405, 4352831

Abstract:

Automated sample processing systems may include onboard efficient high-speed mixing of at least two components with an automatic vertical force fluidic turbulent component mixer of which a mixed component may be aspirated and high-speed dispensed in a mixing vial. Other aspects may include single sweep applying a multi-treatment cleaning cycle to at least one slide. A multi-treatment cleaning cycle may include a washing treatment and a drying treatment. In yet other aspects the present invention may include an automated recovery sample processing system with the capability of detecting at least one immediate condition of a fortuitously terminated automatic sample processing run and perhaps even an automatic terminated sample processing run reconstruction calculator.