Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of a tissue piece treating apparatus in which drying in an inside of a treating tank is promoted, compared with conventional tissue piece treating apparatuses, and the gas in the inside of the treating tank is discharged so that a risk of inflammation can be prevented.

Abstract: A pressure plate 12 has an upper surface 12a and a lower surface 12b. A blade die unit 16 for machining a workpiece by applying a pressure to a principal surface of the workpiece is arranged on the lower surface 12b. A face plate 24 has an upper surface 24a and a lower surface 24b, and is arranged such that the upper surface 24a faces the lower surface 12b with the blade die unit 16 interposed therebetween. An upper pressure roller 20 applies a pressure directed from the upper surface 12a side toward the lower surface 12b side of the pressure plate 12 to a portion of the upper surface 12a. A lower pressure roller 22 applies a pressure directed from the lower surface 24b side toward the upper surface 24a side of the face plate 24 to a portion of the lower surface 24b.

Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a treating tank; a plurality of storage containers in each of which a paraffin bottle for storing a paraffin is housed; a constant temperature rack that houses the storage containers, and heats the paraffin to hold the paraffin in a molten state; and a paraffin pipeline that branches from the treating tank, in which in the storage containers, a treatment container in which the paraffin to be transported to the treating tank is housed and a standby container in which the paraffin not to be transported to treating tank is housed, are disposed, and the paraffin pipeline is connected to the paraffin bottle to be housed in the treatment container.

Abstract: A tissue piece treating apparatus including a storage container in which a tissue piece is operable to be housed, and a treating tank in which the storage container is housed, the storage container includes a plurality of through holes, the treating tank is disposed to a main body part by being inclined relative to a horizontal direction, and the storage container is housed by being inclined at the same angle as the treating tank.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an embedding apparatus capable of selectively changing a thickness above a hand-rest part of a mechanism for placing a hand. As solving means, the embedding apparatus (10) according to the present invention configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray includes a cold spot (16) configured to cool the embedding tray, a hand-rest part (18) provided on each of left and right sides with the cold spot (16) interposed therebetween, and a wrist-rest part (24) detachably attached onto the hand-rest part (18).

Abstract: It is an object to provide a cover slip sticking device capable of improving matching between types of clearing agents and cover slips. As a means for solving the problem, a cover slip sticking device includes a dipping bath (21) in which slide glasses (22) on which specimens are attached are housed to be dipped in a clearing agent, a holder (11) having a cover slip (10) and cover slip information (14), a mounting part (C) on which the holder is mounted, a sticking part (B) sticking the cover slip (10) taken out from the holder (11) on the slide glass (22), a reading unit (62) reading the cover slip information (14), a storage unit (65) storing a type of the clearing agent and matching information between types of clearing agents and types of cover slips and a determination unit (66) comparing the cover slip information (14) read by the reading unit (62) and the type of the clearing agent stored in the storage unit (65) with the matching information to determine whether the types match with each other or not.

Abstract: The present invention addresses an object to provide an embedding apparatus capable of removing an embedding material such as paraffin and solids such as debris of a tissue fragment adhered to a tweezers holder hole easily.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an embedding apparatus capable of selectively changing a thickness above a hand-rest part of a mechanism for placing a hand. As solving means, the embedding apparatus (10) according to the present invention configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray includes a cold spot (16) configured to cool the embedding tray, a hand-rest part (18) provided on each of left and right sides with the cold spot (16) interposed therebetween, and a wrist-rest part (24) detachably attached onto the hand-rest part (18).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wrist rest or a wrist-rest cushion which is detachably attached onto a hand-rest part on an embedding apparatus and which can be easily and selectively adjustable in thickness on the hand-rest part. As a solution, the apparatus according to the present invention is a wrist rest (24) detachably attached to an embedding apparatus (10) configured to dispense and embed an embedding material into an embedding tray, and includes an attachment mechanism (22) configured to attach at a position covering a hand rest part (18) of the embedding apparatus (10) entirely or partly.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a centrifugal smearing sample container holder having a structure which enables improvement of operability and easy assembly. A centrifugal smearing sample container holder (1) is provided with: a base part (2) including a bottom surface section (2a) that accommodates a sample container, a packing, and slide glass by being stacked, side surface sections (2b), (2c) formed on both sides of the bottom surface section (2a), locking sections (2e), (2f) respectively formed in the side surface sections (2b), (2c), a back surface section (2d) formed on a back side of the bottom surface section (2a), and a curl section (2g) formed in the back surface section (2d); and a holding part (3) including a handle section (3a) disposed on a front side of the bottom surface section (2a) along a short direction of the base part (2), arm sections (3e), (3f).

Abstract: An object is to provide an embedding apparatus capable of opening a lid of a cassette for embedding with one hand. As a solution, an embedding apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a placement mechanism (40) for placing a cassette (2) having a body (2B) and a lid (2A) provided so as to be opened and closed with respect to the body (2B) for accommodating a sample and a lid opening mechanism (30) for opening the lid (2A) of the cassette (2), in which the lid opening mechanism (30) includes a one end part (31) provided at a position lower in height than a lower surface (2a) of the lid (2A) and an inclined surface (32) extending from the one end part (31) to a position higher in height than the lower surface (2a) of the lid (2A) in a state where the cassette (2) with the lid (2A) closed is placed on a predetermined position of the placement mechanism (40).

Abstract: A guide member (14) has an upper surface assisting conveyance of workpieces (44) mounted on a table (12) and is arranged downstream of the table (12) in a workpiece conveyance direction. A belt drive mechanism (16) has pulleys (26a to 26d, 28a to 28b), and endless belts (32a to 32d) wound around these pulleys, and is arranged above the table (12) and the guide member (14) so as to stride over the table (12) and the guide member (14). A first opening portion is formed on a bottom portion of the belt drive mechanism (16) to generate an upward suction force. A second opening portion is formed on the upper surface of the guide member (14) to generate a downward suction force. A magnitude of the suction force generated in the first opening portion exceeds a magnitude of the suction force generated in the second opening portion.

Abstract: A centrifugal smearing device including a sealed rotating container that houses a chamber with a slide glass removably attached for holding a liquid sample to smear cells with a centrifugal force onto the slide glass, and a base housing the sealed rotating container and including rotational driving means for rotating the sealed rotating container, the sealed rotating container includes a main body capable of housing the chamber and a lid for closing an upper surface opening portion of the main body, a seal portion for sealing a space between the main body and the end face of the upper face opening portion is provided on an outer circumferential edge of the lid, and a scattering protection wall is formed at an inside of the seal portion so as to protrude downward to hide the seal portion from inside so that a liquid does not scatter onto the seal portion.

Abstract: Provided is a lid stand that can accommodate a lid of a sealed rotating container of a centrifugal smearing device in a leaned state and so that liquid dripping can be prevented, without securing a wide space on a desk, and that can similarly lower a risk of touching a liquid specimen also for both right-handed and left-handed operators.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a tissue piece treating method and a tissue piece treating apparatus by which treatment of a tissue piece by each of liquid chemicals can be favorably performed and a running cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A guide member (14) has an upper surface assisting conveyance of workpieces (44) mounted on a table (12) and is arranged downstream of the table (12) in a workpiece conveyance direction. A belt drive mechanism (16) has pulleys (26a to 26d, 28a to 28b), and endless belts (32a to 32d) wound around these pulleys, and is arranged above the table (12) and the guide member (14) so as to stride over the table (12) and the guide member (14). A first opening portion is formed on a bottom portion of the belt drive mechanism (16) to generate an upward suction force. A second opening portion is formed on the upper surface of the guide member (14) to generate a downward suction force. A magnitude of the suction force generated in the first opening portion exceeds a magnitude of the suction force generated in the second opening portion.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a centrifugal smearing device and a sealed rotating container in which liquid components do not leak to an outside of the sealed rotating container. To solve this problem, in a centrifugal smearing device (30) including a sealed rotating container (34) that houses a chamber (10) with a slide glass removably attached for holding the liquid sample to smear cells in the liquid sample with a centrifugal force onto the slide glass, and a base (31) housing the sealed rotating container (34) and including rotational driving means (32) for rotating the sealed rotating container (34), the sealed rotating container (34) includes a main body (40) capable of housing the chamber (10) and a lid (42) for closing an upper surface opening portion of the main body (40), and has a storage section (46) for storing liquid scattered from the chamber (10) during being centrifuged, formed on an inside face of the main body (40).