Leica Biosystems ASP6025 - Manual (Page 27)

25 Leica ASP6025
3. Instrument Components and Specifications
3.4.3 Instrument specifications
• The Leica ASP6025 is a modular tissue processor with a Reagent Management System opti-
mized by an integrated measurement sensor (ethanol concentration) that supports consistently
high specimen quality and helps to reduce reagent consumption.
The concentrations of all ethanols and isopropanols located in the processor are measured and
displayed in the REAGENT STATUS submenu.
• The Leica ASP6025 can be operated using customer-specific or preinstalled, validated infiltra-
tion programs.
• For this purpose, there are 13 preinstalled, noneditable processing programs available to the
user. These include 3 autorotation, 5 xylene and 5 xylene-free programs.
• 20 processing programs are freely configurable with up to 15 steps (temperature; time;
reagent; three pressure/vacuum options).
• The quick start system enables you to start each infiltration program immediately from the
FAVORITES window (max. 10).
• The "time-optimized" infiltration programs help to increase productivity in the lab by signifi-
cantly shortening infiltration times. They either include xylene as the intermedium or they are
xylene-free. In the latter case, hazardous xylene is replaced with isopropanol.
• With the preinstalled autorotation programs, the ethanol concentration is measured auto-
matically and when the concentration falls below a threshold value a message is displaying
indicating that it is time to change the used ethanol. When the used ethanol is replaced,
the fresh ethanol added to the system is always undiluted (100 %) ethanol. This means that
time-consuming dilution and the errors that can occur during that process, as well as contact
(inhalation!) with the solvents are entirely avoided.