Method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus

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PATENT NO 12189111
APP PUB NO 20220066191A1
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17523453

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A method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus including positioning a stage in relation to a flat surface so that the flat surface is positioned in front of the top surfaces of slide support pin bases on the top surface of the stage. The method also includes injecting a fluid pin surfacing material configured to solidify into the hole of each slide support pin base so that at least some of the fluid pin surfacing material exits the hole at the top surface of the slide support pin bases and pushes up against the flat surface. The method also includes removing the flat surface so that a tip of solid pin surfacing material is formed on the top surface of each slide support pin base, thereby providing the stage with a plurality of slide support pins.

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VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC1910 E INNOVATION PARK DRIVE TUCSON AS 85755

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Gouch, Martin Philip Hertfordshire, GB 45 307
Pankhania, Jagdish Harrow, GB 6 9

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