Pathos: designed with the user in mind

Load rack with up to 210 cassettes

Select a protocol

Enter number of cassettes

Press start.
That's all

Lower the rack into the microwave cavity.

Add formalin (FineFIX optional).
Fixation is carried out at temperature and time selected.
Formalin is flushed out.

Run a rinsing step with ethanol.

Add ethanol to carry out microwave rapid dehydration of tissue.
Ethanol is flushed out.

Add isopropanol. Clearing is carried out.
When using Milestone JFC solution or ProWAVE, steps 4-5 are reduced to one. When using FineFIX plus JFC or ProWAVE, step 2 is carried out with FineFIX and steps 3-4-5 are reduced to one.

Evaporate tissue’s excess solvents under vacuum.

Transfer the “dry” rack to a resistance heated cavity with paraffin at temperatures of 65–75°C.

Carry out impregnation under preset vacuum/temperature conditions.

When the procedure is completed, an audible/visual alarm will notify the operator. For tissue preservation, the rack remains in the molten paraffin until a manual command is given.

The rack is unloaded for further processing.
A new rack is loaded. A new rack can be loaded immediately as no cleaning cycle is required for continuous access.