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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2008
Hermann Ulbrich, Bad-Schönborn-Mingolsheim, DE;
Karl-heinz Westerhoff, Eppingen-Elsenz, DE;
Stefan Künkel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Hermann Ulbrich, Bad-Schönborn-Mingolsheim, DE;
Karl-Heinz Westerhoff, Eppingen-Elsenz, DE;
Stefan Künkel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tissue embedding apparatus () for automatic embedding at least one tissue sample (). Said tissue embedding device () comprises an input unit (), an image recording unit (), an embedding unit (), at least one output unit (), and a control unit (). A cassette () containing at least one tissue sample () can be transferred to the input unit () of the tissue embedding device (). The embedding unit () allows the tissue sample () to be embedded in an embedding medium, while the at least one output unit () allows the embedded tissue sample to be output. The image recording unit () makes it possible to record at least one image of the tissue sample (). In order to be able to embed tissue in an automated manner also when different cassettes are used, a tissue embedding device () according to the invention is characterized in that the recorded image of the tissue sample () can be evaluated while further processing of the tissue sample () in the tissue embedding device () can be predefined in accordance with the evaluation of the image.