The basic purpose of Tissue Processing is to remove water from tissues and replace with a medium that solidifies to allow thin sections to be cut.
Biological tissue must be supported in a hard matrix to allow sufficiently thin sections to be cut, typically 5 μm or even lesser. For light microscopy, paraffin wax is most frequently used. Since it is immersible with water, the main constituent of biological tissue, water must first be removed in the process of dehydration.
The tissue samples are transferred through baths of progressively more concentrated ethanol so as to remove the water. This is followed by a hydrophobic clearing agent such as xylene to remove the alcohol, and finally molten paraffin wax in hot wax baths, the infiltration agent, which replaces the xylene.
Gentle specimen processing and a high level of specimen safety at all stages of the processing are supported by the robust & ergonomic design based on precise mechanics in conjunction with a modern user interface having bright touch screen to display all the parameters at a glance.
Automatic Tissue Processor manufactured by SM Scientific Instruments Pvt. Ltd. is a compact and sturdy instrument designed with latest technology for complete automatic dehydration and filtration of human, animal and plant's tissues.
