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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Arne Burisch, Braunschweig, DE;
Christian Löchte, Braunschweig, DE;
Annika Raatz, Braunschweig, DE;
Hermann Ulbrich, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Karl-heinrich Westerhoff, Eppingen, DE;
Arne Burisch, Braunschweig, DE;
Christian Löchte, Braunschweig, DE;
Annika Raatz, Braunschweig, DE;
Hermann Ulbrich, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Karl-Heinrich Westerhoff, Eppingen, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for treating histological samples, in particular for detaching and/or isolating a histological sample that, in particular after an infiltration operation, is adhering to another sample and/or to the inside of a cassette (), having a sample receiving chamber () which is embodied and intended to be filled at least partly with a liquid (), in particular with liquid paraffin. The apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that an apparatus is provided that is introducible into the liquid (), in particular under open- and/or closed-loop control, in order to elevate the fill level height () of the liquid (), and/or that an apparatus is provided whose volume is increasable, in particular under open- and/or closed-loop control, in order to elevate the fill level height.