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Device for heating an object by means of a water bath

US8642930B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

PFM MEDICAL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Steffen Kraus · Sandhausen, DE
Erwin Schneider · Fulda, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2009
Grant date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2300/1805
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for heating an object by means of a water bath, in particular for strips of pathological or histological sections, before a microscopic examination, comprising a housing (1) and a trough (2) inserted in the housing (1), wherein the water bath is heated by means of an electrical heater, characterized in that the electrical heater comprises at least one hotplate (4) provided on the base (3) of the trough (2).

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