Patent ID: 8831776

Claim:
A tissue processor/embedding system integration unit, the tissue processor/embedding system integration unit comprising: a robot having an arm and an end effector coupled with the arm, wherein the robot is disposed between a tissue processor and an embedding system, wherein the robot has a work envelope, wherein the work envelope of the robot encompasses an output of the tissue processor, wherein the tissue processor is operable to remove water from tissue and infiltrate an embedding agent into the tissue, wherein the work envelope of the robot encompasses an input of the embedding system, wherein the embedding system is operable to embed the tissue from which the water has been removed and into which the embedding agent has been infiltrated in a block of an embedding medium, wherein the robot has movement in at least 4-axis; and instructions stored on a machine-readable medium to configure the robot to transfer a tissue holder having the tissue, from which the water has been removed and into which the embedding agent has been infiltrated, from the output of the tissue processor to the input of the embedding system.