Patent ID: 7514042
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for processing tissue samples for histological examination, comprising: a housing comprising an upper part and a lower part divided by a baseplate; several process chambers, each process chamber comprising a side wall and a floor, the process chambers being arranged on the baseplate and capable of being filled with a reagent; a transport mechanism, transferring the tissue samples to the process chambers, the transport mechanism comprising a transport arm and a holder for several cassettes for tissue samples attached to a transport arm; and a drive mechanism attached to the transport arm and causing a relative rotational motion between the transport mechanism and the baseplate, wherein the rotational motion causes the transfer of the tissue samples between the process chambers; wherein the process chambers are arranged around the axis of the rotational motion; wherein the transport arm is lowered by gravity introducing the holder into the process chamber; wherein at least one process chamber comprises a first opening in the floor; and wherein the process chamber may be filled with a reagent or emptied of a reagent through the first opening simultaneously with the transferring.