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Apparatus for handling specimen slides

US8591810B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventor

Bernhard Neef · Schallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2011
Grant date	Nov 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/2575
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus (10, 60, 70, 100, 110, 120) for handling specimen slides (21) encompasses a coverslipping module (14) for coverslipping thin sections arranged on the specimen slides (21), the coverslipping module (14) applying first a mounting medium and then a coverslipping means onto the specimen slides (21). The apparatus (10, 60, 70, 100, 110, 120) further has an output unit (18) for outputting the specimen slides (21), which unit encompasses a drying unit (32) for at least partial extraction of at least one solvent from the applied mounting medium of the specimen slides (21) arranged in the output unit (18).

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