Apparatus for treating objects
AssigneeLeica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH
InventorsCharilaos Dalkidis, Peter Scheck, Stefan Thiem
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating objects, in particular cytological or histological specimens, having multiple processing stations (3) arranged in a housing (2) and having a transport device (5) for delivering the objects, or the object carriers (4) carrying the objects, into and out of the processing stations (3), is characterized by a region, coordinated with the processing stations (3), for the reception of modular treatment stations (10) having permanently definable functions.
Claims33
In an apparatus for treating cytological or histological specimens, said apparatus having multiple processing stations arranged in a housing and having a transport device for delivering said specimens, or object carriers carrying said specimens, into and out of said processing stations, the improvement comprising:
- a modular treatment station having permanently definable functions;
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- a region, coordinated with said processing stations, for receiving said modular treatment station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.