Patent ID: 8850902

Claim:
An apparatus for treating histological samples and for detaching and/or isolating a histological sample that is adhering to another histological sample and/or to the inside of a cassette ( 1 ), the apparatus comprising: a sample receiving chamber ( 2 ) which is embodied and intended to be filled at least partly with a liquid ( 3 ), wherein the sample receiving chamber ( 2 ) receives a histological sample adhering to another histological sample or to a cassette ( 1 ) carrying the histological sample, a mount ( 4 ) positioned in the liquid ( 3 ) of the sample receiving chamber ( 2 ), wherein the mount ( 4 ) immobilizes the histological sample or the cassette ( 1 ) in a fixed position with respect to the sample receiving chamber ( 2 ), and a displacement means ( 5 ) for displacing the liquid ( 3 ) in order to elevate a fill level height ( 6 ) of the liquid ( 3 ) in the sample receiving chamber ( 2 ), wherein the displacement means ( 5 ) is independent of the mount ( 4 ) and wherein the displacement means ( 5 ) does not engage the histological sample or the cassette ( 1 ).