Jonathan R Sweda

US Patent:

20060105359, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Jun 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/156760

Inventors:

John Favuzzi - Santa Barbara CA, US
Kristopher Buchanan - Fort Collins CO, US
Michael Barber - Fort Collins CO, US
Loren Bland - Carpinteria CA, US
Dawn Rohrbacker - Fort Collins CO, US
Robert Clark - Loveland CO, US
Gordon Feingold - Santa Barbara CA, US
Benno Guggenheimer - Santa Monica CA, US
Marc Key - Ojai CA, US
Merritt Martin - Fort Collins CO, US
Robert Lathrop - San Jose CA, US
Jeffery Rau - Fort Collins CO, US
Jonathan Sweda - Fort Collins CO, US
Douglas Sweet - Santa Barbara CA, US
John Van Bosch - Ventura CA, US
Lars Winther - Smoerum, DK
Rosanne Welcher - Ventura CA, US

Assignee:

DakoCytomation Denmark A/S - Glostrup

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68
G06F 19/00
C12M 1/34

US Classification:

435006000, 435287200, 702020000

Abstract:

The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for automatic processing a biological sample on a carrier, perhaps robotically, by applying predetermined amounts of reagents in a predetermined sequence according to a processing protocol, the processing including pre-treatment steps, under the control of an adaptive processing control system using a sample process parameter input that may be independent and an independent process parameter memory that does not interrupt process operation when being used, such that samples may be added or removed without interrupting the processing of other samples. Also included is an image capture function for sample and reagent identification and process monitoring, as well as temperature regulation and environmental control functions.