Leica Biosystems ASP6025 - Manual (Page 28)

26 Instructions for Use V 2.2 RevI – 08/2013
Instrument specifications
(continued)
3. Instrument Components and Specifications
• Alternatively, the number of cassettes, number of protocols and days since the last change and
the reagents to be replaced can be displayed according to standard laboratory replacement
schedule.
• Reagents are changed by pulling out a drawer with six RTU-bottles. The bottles can then be
replaced simply, quickly and without bending down, which is ergonomically more comfortable.
• A special filler neck enables both Leica RTU-bottles and compatible, commercially available
bottles to be used.
• Alternatively, reagents can be exchanged via the infiltration chamber in an instrument-
controlled filling and draining process, i.e. with a connected (reagent) hose.
• Five liters of melted paraffin can be kept in readiness in the integrated paraffin station.
• The paraffin station automatically fills a previously drained paraffin bath.
• In this process, the system detects if a paraffin bath is not filled to the correct level, and the
paraffin station automatically compensates.
• Up to three paraffin baths are used for the tissue infiltration. These can be easily removed for
cleaning simply by pulling them out.
• Used paraffin is pumped out via the infiltration chamber by instrument-controlled draining,
i.e. with a connected (paraffin) hose.
• The internal, uninterruptible power supply of the Leica ASP6025 prevents tissue specimens from
drying out or suffering other possible damage, in the event of power failures for example, by
automatically filling the retort with a safe reagent.
• When power is restored, the infiltration program is automatically resumed and completed.