METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING REAGENT QUALITY

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APP PUB NO 20100099199A1
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12580203

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A method for determining reagent quality in a device having multiple treatment stations for the treatment of at least one of cytological and histological prepared specimens and an apparatus for performing this method are described. The method comprises providing a carrier element that comprises at least one test material; transferring and treating the carrier element having test material according to a predefined sequence in a plurality of the treatment stations together with the specimens; and evaluating the test material by means of an evaluation device after treatment in the last treatment station in sequence. The described method and apparatus achieve that reagent quality can be determined automatically and the reagents can be replaced at an optimum point in time.

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LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NUSSLOCH GMBH69226 NUSSLOCH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Egle, Markus Ladenburg, DE 3 20
Gropp, Robert Hochdorf-Assenheim, DE 7 91
Künkel, Stefan Karlsruhe, DE 11 70
Westerhoff, Karl-Heinz Eppingen-Elsenz, DE 16 75

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