Method and apparatus for detaching and/or isolating a histological sample

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9709467
APP PUB NO 20140373641A1
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14477616

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The invention relates to an apparatus for treating histological samples, in particular for detaching and/or isolating a histological sample that, in particular after an infiltration operation, is adhering to another sample and/or to the inside of a cassette (1), having a sample receiving chamber (2) which is embodied and intended to be filled at least partly with a liquid (3), in particular with liquid paraffin. The apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that a displacement means (5) is provided that is introducible into the liquid (3), in particular under open- and/or closed-loop control, in order to elevate the fill level height (6) of the liquid (3), and/or that a displacement means (5) is provided whose volume is increasable, in particular under open- and/or closed-loop control, in order to elevate the fill level height.

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  • LEICA BIOSYSTEMS NUSSLOCH GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burisch, Arne Braunschweig, DE 9 4
Löchte, Christian Braunschweig, DE 8 2
Raatz, Annika Braunschweig, DE 9 3
Ulbrich, Hermann Bad Schoenborn, DE 29 92
Westerhoff, Karl-Heinrich Eppingen, DE 11 18

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