Tissue sample cassettes for receiving tissue samples include an upper tray including compartments separated by dividers, a lower tray coupled to the upper tray and having a central recess, and an absorbent material located in the recess of the lower tray. Related systems and methods for automated gross processing of tissue samples are also disclosed.

A storage system having racks and an outer container that receives the racks, each rack receiving a plurality of sample boxes, each box having a wireless ID tag. In certain embodiments, the storage system has reader electronics external to and distinct from the racks and that directly read the wireless ID tag of each box in at least one rack without relying on any reader electronics of any rack. In other embodiments, each rack has a set of rack reader electronics that read the wireless ID tag of each box in at least one rack, and the storage system has at least one removable reader access device removably connectable to the set of rack reader electronics of a rack in order to transmit the ID number of the wireless ID tag of each box in the rack outside of the outer container.

A rack for holding samples and various reagents, wherein the rack may be used for loading the samples and reagents prior to using the reagents. The rack accepts complementary reagent holders, each of which contain a set of reagents for carrying out a predetermined processing operation, such as preparing biological samples for amplifying and detecting polynucleotides extracted from the samples.

A method for optically reading information encoded in a microfluidic device, the microfluidic device including an input microchannel, microfluidic modules, and sets of nodes. Nodes of a first set connect the input microchannel to one of the microfluidic modules, and nodes of a second set connect the one of the microfluidic modules to another to form an ordered pair of the microfluidic modules, where the nodes of the first and second sets have different liquid pinning strengths. A liquid loaded into the input microchannel causes an ordered passage of the liquid through each of the microfluidic modules in an order determined by the liquid pinning strengths of the nodes. The passage of the liquid produces an optically readable dynamic pattern which evolves in accordance with the ordered passage of the liquid through the device.

Provided are analysis systems that include components for identifying, inventorying, or both, consumables and/or reagents introduced into one or more consumable or reagent storage areas of the systems. The systems include a camera and camera positioning means for positioning the camera in optical communication with the one or more consumable or reagent storage areas. The systems further include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media including instructions that cause the system to detect when a consumable or reagent has been introduced to the one or more consumable or reagent storage areas, position the camera in optical communication with the introduced consumable or reagent, and identify the introduced consumable or reagent. Also provided are automated methods for identifying, inventorying, or both, consumables and/or reagents introduced into one or more consumable or reagent storage areas of an analysis system.

Disclosed is a biological analyte monitoring device including a strip inserter in which a test strip is to be inserted, and a processor configured to read a code sequence based on an element detected from an index region, a first code region, and a second code region of the test strip in response to the test strip being inserted in the strip inserter, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a target interval in which an index element formed in the index region is detected while the test strip is being inserted in the strip inserter, detect a first code element formed in the first code region in the target interval and detect a second code element formed in the second code region in the target interval, and identify the code sequence based on a result of detecting the first code element and the second code element.

A control method and a control apparatus for a paraffin dispenser in an embedder, a paraffin dispenser and an embedder are provided. The control method includes: collecting information of a current mold so as to acquire an identification of the current mold; determining whether the identification of the current mold is correct; and controlling the paraffin dispenser to pour paraffin into the current mold, when it is determined that the identification of the current mold is correct.

A test apparatus and control method thereof are disclosed, which relate to a technology for providing an in-vitro diagnostic apparatus for enabling a user to change time information used in the system, and displaying the changed time information to use the time information according to local time of a desired country. Also, the present disclosure is directed to providing a test apparatus for determining whether the validity date of test medium has expired to prevent use of expired test medium and to analyze a test object through available test medium, and a method for controlling the test apparatus. The test apparatus of analyzing a test object included in test medium includes a Real Time Clock (RTC) portion configured to provide current time, a user interface configured to receive a time offset command for changing the current time and displaying the changed current time, a first offset manager configured to reflect the time offset command to the current time provided from the RTC portion to calculate time to be displayed, a second offset manager configured to decide reference time to be used to determine whether validity date of the test medium has expired, based on the current time provided from the RTC portion, a validity date acquirer configured to acquire validity date information of the test medium, and a controller configured to determine whether validity date of the test medium has expired, based on the reference time and the validity date information of the test medium.

To save a space and to reduce a burden of a user due to an exchange work of a reagent having large capacitance. A reagent mounting mechanism (14) including a reagent mounting part (15) serving as an installation location of containers (9a, 9b, 9c, and 19) for holding a solution such as a reagent is provided in a side surface of an analysis unit (100) to be drawable. An RFID reader (10) for reading an RFID tag (13) installed in the containers (9a, 9b, 9c, and 19) is arranged in a position matching the RFID tag (13) when the containers (9a, 9b, 9c, and 19) are placed on the reagent mounting part (15) of the drawn reagent mounting mechanism (14).