Patent · US Active

Tissue embedding apparatus, and method for operating a tissue embedding apparatus

US8501121B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by

0References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hermann Ulbrich · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Karl-Heinz Westerhoff · Eppingen, DE
Stefan Kunkel · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2013
Grant date	Aug 6, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N1/36
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for automatically embedding at least one tissue sample. A tissue embedding apparatus (1) can be provided having an input unit (2), an image acquisition unit (3), an embedding unit (4), at least one output unit (5, 6), and a control unit (7). A cassette (9) containing at least one tissue sample (8) can be transferred to the input unit (2) of the tissue embedding apparatus (1). At least one image of the tissue sample (8) and/or at least one image of the cassette (9) may be acquired using the image acquisition unit (3). The at least one image acquired of the tissue sample (8) and/or of the cassette (9) may be evaluated. Further processing the tissue sample (8) in the tissue embedding apparatus (1) can be performed as a function of the image evaluation.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.