Patent ID: 7025934

Claim:
An apparatus for tissue preparation for the tissue embedding, comprises: a transport plate defining a circumferential edge; a plurality of recesses formed in the circumferential edge, wherein each recess has the form of a circular cut out being so arranged that it has an opening into the direction of the circumferential edge, wherein large processing containers and small processing containers having an identical mounting element are mountable in the recesses on the transport plate, wherein a processing container is firmly and definably mounted onto the transport plate by sliding the mounting element into the recess and further cooperating the processing container with an indent assigned to each recess; a first and a second set of numbers assigned to the recesses so that the first set of numbers is covered by the large processing containers mounted in the recesses; a housing which surrounds the transport plate, wherein the housing defines an inner upper side; and a heating- and cooling device provided on the inner upper side.