Leica Autostainer XL Instructions For Use Manual page 49

11.4 Glossary
CURSOR
DISPLACEMENT
EXACT IMMERSION
EXIT DRAWER
EXTRACTION
HEAD
HOOK ON
IMMERSION TIME
INCUBATION TIME
INEXACT IMMERSION The IMMERSION TIME is reached as programmed or extended to ensure
LCD
LEDs
LOAD DRAWER
LOWERING
OVEN
PC
PICKING UP
PROGRAM
REAGENT
REAGENT STATION
SETUP
SOLVENT
SPECIMEN SLIDE
Leica Autostainer XL (ST5010)
A flashing cursor appears on the LCD under the parameters that the user can
change.
The amount of REAGENT transferred by the SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER from
one STATION to another.
The IMMERSION TIME is kept at 1 second, exactly as programmed.
Drawer into which the instrument inserts the SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER for
subsequent removal by the user.
Noxious REAGENT vapors are extracted by a fan using a filter.
see TRANSPORT ARM
Process in which the TRANSPORT ARM gets hooked on the SPECIMEN SLIDE
HOLDER before PICKING UP.
The time that a SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER stays in a reagent STATION.
It counts the time from the end of the LOWERING to the beginning of the
PICKUP.
see IMMERSION TIME
compatibility with other, exactly defined times.
The LCD on the control panel.
Light emitting diodes on the control panel and on the LOAD DRAWERS and
EXIT DRAWERS.
Drawer into which the user inserts the SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER and from
which this is removed by the TRANSPORT ARM for STAINING.
The SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER is inserted into a STATION by the TRANSPORT
ARM.
STATION with warm air flowing through it to dry the SPECIMEN SLIDES so
that the tissue sections adhere to them.
IBM-compatible personal computer
The SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER is removed from a STATION with the
TRANSPORT ARM in such a way that only minimal REAGENT DISPLACEMENT
takes place in the process.
Series of STEPS to which the SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDER is subjected for
STAINING in the instrument.
Chemicals used for STAINING.
REAGENT-filled container, into which the SPECIMEN SLIDE HOLDERS are
inserted.
Parameter setting required for operating the instrument regardless of the
program used, for example, the temperature of the OVEN and the number of
UP/DOWN MOVEMENTS (DIPS).
Organic liquid, such as xylene and ethanol
Specimen slides made of glass 25 x 75 x 1 mm
A1
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