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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a coverslipping machine () including: a hollow needle () for applying mounting medium onto a specimen slide (); a transparent container () to be filled with a liquid; a light source () for radiating measurement light in a principal radiating direction (A) into the container (); and a light sensor (') for detecting the measurement light, the light source () being arranged with respect to the container () in such a way that the radiated measurement light is refracted by a liquid in the container whose fill level exceeds a fill level limit, the light sensor (′) being arranged with respect to the container () in such a way that only measurement light refracted by the liquid or only measurement light not refracted by the liquid is detected.