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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2001
Applicants:
Martin Wernz, Heidelberg, DE;
Stefan Thiem, Heidelberg, DE;
Eric Barth, Leimen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N035/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for treating objects, in particular cytological or histological specimens, having multiple processing stations () and a transport device () for delivering the objects into and out of the processing stations (), is characterized in that the transport device () comprises a robot arm () that is movable in three dimensions and provides for arbitrary positioning of the objects.