Milestone S.r.l.

Matteo Minuti

Francesco Visinoni

Michele Martinelli

Michele Bellini

Marco Bellini

Martin Metzger

The invention relates to a valve () for mounting to a surface () and for use in a flow path, which flows through said surface (), for permitting flow in said flow path in a first direction and for preventing flow in said flow path in a second direction being opposite to the first direction. The valve () comprises: one or more ports () defined by a plurality of lips (), wherein each lip () is resiliently deformable from a first position, in which the lips () are in contact with one another in order to close the respective port (), to a second position, in which the respective port () is opened in order to permit flow in the first direction, and one or more contacting structures () arranged to mechanically contact the surface (), when the valve is mounted to the surface (), such that the one or more contacting structures () bias the lips () into the first position.

Valve

The present invention relates to a method and a system () for filling a closed container () with a fixative solution. The system comprises a container () comprising a container body () for receiving a biological specimen, a lid () for selectively closing the container body () and a port () forming a unidirectional barrier in a direction from the inside (IC) to the outside (OC) of the closed container (). The system further comprises a dispensing apparatus () having a filling nozzle () for dispensing the fixative solution. The filling nozzle () is relatively moveable with respect to the container () between a retracted position and a filling position to fill the container () with the fixative solution.

System and method for filling a closed container with a fixative solution

The invention relates to a tissue processor () for automatically processing histological tissue specimens, the tissue processor () comprising a plurality of containers () each being provided for a respective histological process for processing at least one tissue carrier, a robotic arm () for handling a tissue carrier between the containers () for being processed in each of the containers (), and a control unit for controlling the histological process in each of the containers () and for controlling the robotic arm (), wherein the control unit is configured such that the robotic arm () handles a tissue carrier between the containers () while the histological process in each of the containers () continues in an uninterrupted fashion, so that the execution of the process for each tissue carrier is independent from the loading order and/or process duration of other tissue carriers being processed in the containers ().

Tissue processor

The present invention refers to an apparatus () for identification of tissue carriers () of human or animal tissue that are grouped in a batch (), wherein the apparatus () comprises a working area () for receiving the batch () of at least two tissue carriers (); a presence sensor () for detecting the presence of each of the tissue carriers () of the batch () received at the working area (); an identification device () for detecting a unique identifier () of each of the tissue carriers () of the batch () received at the working area (); and a control unit () being configured to identify positions of the working area (), at which a tissue carrier () is detected to be present but no unique identifier () is detected and/or at which a unique identifier () is detected but no tissue carrier () is detected to be present, as identified positions. The present invention further refers to a system () as well as a method for tracking and identification of tissue carriers () of human or animal tissue.

Histological specimens traceability apparatus and method

Measuring apparatus () for tracking human and/or animal tissues comprising: a working area () for receiving a tissue; a detecting unit () configured to detect a unique tissue code provided with the tissue placed on the working area (); a measuring unit () configured to automatically measure quantitative properties of the tissue placed on the working area (); and a processing and storing unit () configured to automatically link the quantitative properties with the tissue code and to automatically store the so linked quantitative properties and tissue code such that the quantitative properties can be retrieved based on the tissue code.

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Brignano Gera d'Adda, Italy

Matteo Minuti