US 12,135,263 B2
Washing method for staining bath in smear sample preparing apparatus, and smear sample preparing apparatus
Junya Ikuta, Kobe (JP); Noriyuki Nakanishi, Kobe (JP); Yugo Harada, Kobe (JP); and Seiya Shinabe, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/071,007.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-191347 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2019; and application No. 2020-037439 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0116333 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/30 (2013.01) [B01L 13/00 (2019.08); G01N 1/312 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing method for a staining bath in a smear sample preparing apparatus, the staining bath being able to accommodate a glass slide having a specimen smeared thereon, the staining bath being able to store therein a staining liquid for staining the specimen smeared on the glass slide to perform a staining process, the washing method comprising:
receiving information related to a washing condition,
wherein the receiving of the information includes: presenting a reception screen for receiving a setting of a washing condition; and receiving, as the information, a setting of a washing condition through the reception screen, wherein the setting includes a set value of a washing liquid concentration and a set value of a holding time; and
executing a washing operation for the staining bath, according to the received information,
wherein the executing of the washing operation includes:
discharging the staining liquid from the staining bath;
supplying a washing liquid to the staining bath; and
discharging the washing liquid from the staining bath, wherein the holding time is a time period from when the washing liquid is supplied to the staining bath to when the washing liquid is discharged from the staining bath.