US 11,988,584 B2
Disposable biopsy staining kit and related methods and systems
Samuel Jacob Luethy, Chesterfield, MO (US); Jonathon Quincy Brown, New Orleans, LA (US); David Benjamin Tulman, New Orleans, LA (US); Andrew Blake Sholl, New Orleans, LA (US); Peter Joseph Lawson, New Orleans, LA (US); and Mei Wang, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Instapath, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Instapath, Inc., New Orleans, LA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/376,104.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/781,865, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,400, filed on Apr. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0331560 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. G01N 1/31 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/31 (2013.01) [B01L 3/508 (2013.01); B01L 9/50 (2013.01); B01L 9/52 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G02B 21/36 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0672 (2013.01); B01L 2300/069 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0848 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable staining system, the system comprising:
an insertable module that receives an intact solid biological sample therein, the insertable module including a well in which the intact solid biological sample is positioned, wherein the intact solid biological sample is a whole intact sample without destruction; and
a staining cartridge that receives the insertable module including the intact solid biological sample therein and the staining cartridge including a sled therein, the insertable module being positioned in the staining cartridge,
wherein the insertable module has first and second inclined planes on opposing sides of an upper surface of the insertable module;
wherein the sled portion of the insertable module has corresponding first and second inclined planes on a bottom surface thereof; and
wherein the first and second inclined planes of the insertable module and the first and second inclined planes of the sled transform horizontal movement of the insertable module into the staining cartridge into a vertical movement of the sled such that the sled is pushed upward to make contact with a piercing barb that punctures a stain manifold seal in the staining cartridge allowing stain into the well.