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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Hermann Ulbrich, Bad-Schonborn-Mingolsheim, DE;
Karl-Heinz Westerhoff, Eppingen-Eisenz, DE;
Stefan Künkel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nusslock GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for automatically embedding at least one tissue sample. A tissue embedding apparatus () can be provided having an input unit (), an image acquisition 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 apparatus (). At least one image of the tissue sample () and/or at least one image of the cassette () may be acquired using the image acquisition unit (). The at least one image acquired of the tissue sample () and/or of the cassette () may be evaluated. Further processing the tissue sample () in the tissue embedding apparatus () can be performed as a function of the image evaluation.