US Patent 7508583 Configurable cytological imaging system

Patent 7508583 was granted and assigned to Cytyc on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Cytyc

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7508583

Patent Inventor Names

Steven A. Scampini0

Date of Patent

March 24, 2009

Patent Application Number

11227017

Date Filed

September 14, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Stephone B. Allen

Patent abstract

A configurable slide imaging system includes a plurality of slide cassettes, each cassette configured for accessibly storing a plurality of specimen slides, a plurality of imagers, each operatively coupled with one or more processors for processing images obtained of respective specimen slides retrieved from the storage cassettes, and a slide transport system including a movable arm having a slide engagement mechanism, the slide transport system configured for retrieving slides from the slide cassettes and positioning them on a slide stage of a respective imager, and for retrieving slides from a slide stage of an imager and transporting them to a respective storage cassette. The number of imagers may be selected, and their operation synchronized, so as to minimize down time of the extendable arm 204.