Important Notes; Symbols In The Text And Their Meanings; Qualification Of Personnel; Intended Use Of Instrument - Leica RM2245 Instruction Manual

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Important Notes

1.1 Symbols in the text and their meanings

Dangers, warnings and cautions appear
in a gray box and are marked by a warn-
ing triangle
Notes, i.e. important user information
appear in a gray box and are marked by
an information symbol
Numbers in parentheses refer to item
(5)
numbers in illustrations.
Function keys which must be pressed on
RUN/
the control panel are shown in the text
STOP
in bold capital letters.

1.2 Qualification of personnel

• The Leica RM2245 may be operated by
trained laboratory personnel only.
• All laboratory personnel designated to oper-
ate the Leica instrument must read this in-
struction manual carefully and must be fa-
miliar with all technical features of the
instrument before attempting to operate it.
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1.3 Intended use of instrument

The Leica RM2245 is a semi-motorized rotation
microtome with a separate control panel for
creating thin sections of specimens of varying
hardness for use in routine and research labo-
ratories in the fields of biology, medicine and
industry.
It is designed for cutting soft paraffin speci-
mens as well as harder specimens, as long as
they are suitable for being cut manually.
The Leica RM2245 is also suitable for IVD
(in vitro diagnostics).
Any other use of the instrument is considered
improper!

1.4 Instrument type

All information provided in this manual applies
only to the instrument type indicated on the
cover page.
An identification label indicating the instrument
serial number is attached at the left side of the
instrument.
Instruction manual V 1.6 – 10/2009
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