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US 2015/0241325 A1Published application
Histology cassette stack
AssigneeCellpath Ltd.
InventorsPaul Webber, Philip Webber, Richard Titcombe
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AssigneeCellpath Ltd.
InventorsPaul Webber, Philip Webber, Richard Titcombe
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A histology processing cassette stack having a plurality of cassettes for use in analysing or processing biological samples is disclosed. The stack of cassettes are arranged in register and threaded on a connecting strip which passes through an aperture in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the cassette though a front wall of the cassette. The cassettes are held in fixed relation and may be transported and inserted en bloc into a magazine in a printing system by the connecting strip having a retaining part abutting the bottom cassette and able to bear the weight of the stack of cassettes when suspended. A printing system comprising a housing having a void for receiving a magazine loaded with the stack of cassettes is also disclosed.
A histology processing cassette stack comprising a plurality of histology processing cassettes adapted to receive a biological sample for analysis or processing, the cassettes being threaded on a connecting strip such that the cassettes are arranged in register wherein the cassettes have a bottom face comprising at least in part a sample support surface, two side walls, a back wall and a front wall and a top face and an aperture in the top face for receiving the connecting strip in a direction out of the plane of the cassette, for example in a generally perpendicular direction to the plane of the cassette wherein the connecting strip comprises a connecting part upon which the cassettes are threaded and a retaining part which abuts the bottom face of the bottom cassette in the stack and wherein the stack of cassettes is insertable into a magazine in a printing system.
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