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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2017
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Bernhard Neef, Nussloch, DE;
Markus Wittmann, Heidelberg, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
A treatment device () for treating histological or cytological samples has a plurality of containers () for different treatment agents and a detection apparatus () for detecting a code which unequivocally identifies a type of a treatment agent or a type of a group of treatment agents from a package or replacement container of a treatment agent or group of treatment agents. The device furthermore has an evaluation apparatus () that, based on a detected code, ascertains which of the containers is or are to be replenished or replaced, and an indicating apparatus () which communicates to a user the ascertained container () or containers () that is or are to be replenished or replaced. The indicating apparatus may include a display () presenting a schematic image of the plurality of containers () with image(s) of each ascertained container being marked, and/or a light source () that illuminates each ascertained container.