Milestone S.r.l.

Michele Martinelli

Francesco Visinoni

Matteo Minuti

Marco Bellini

Michele Bellini

Giovanni Bussolati

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

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.

Measuring apparatus

The invention refers to a container () for collecting, transporting and storing biological tissue samples, wherein the container () is filled with a first component () being a fixative and a second component () being a fluid, wherein the second component () has a lower specific gravity compared to the fixative (), and is immiscible with the fixative (). The second component () is stratified on top of the fixative () to form a protective film to prevent fixative fumes to escape from the container (). The invention further relates to a method for collecting, transporting and storing biological tissue samples. The method comprises the steps of: filling a first component () being a fixative in a container (), and filling a second component () being a fluid in the container () filled with the first component (), wherein the second component () has a lower specific gravity compared to the fixative () and is immiscible with the fixative () so that the second component () is stratified on top of the fixative () to form a protective film to prevent fixative fumes to escape from the container (). The method further comprises the step of placing a biological tissue sample into the first component () before or after the second component () has been filled into the container ().

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Brembate, Italy

Michele Martinelli