US 7,521,021 B2
	System for in situ processing of a tissue specimen
James B. McCormick, Lincolnwood, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Leica Biosvstems St. Louis LLC, St. Louis, Mo. (US)
Filed on Dec. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/1,305.
Application 11/001305 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/723692, filed on Nov. 26, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0112034 A1, May 26, 2005
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 422—102  [422/63; 422/64; 422/67; 422/104; 206/473; 206/526]

8 Claims

1. A system for use in processing a tissue specimen for histological examination comprising: a tissue specimen positioning member of a material that removably maintains the tissue specimen in a predetermined position thereon for providing the specimen with a known, consistent orientation throughout processing; a carrier member for receiving the positioning member with tissue specimen thereon and for subsequently mounting in a microtome the tissue specimen as processed to be associated with a fixing medium; and a base member having a lower recessed chamber sized to receive the tissue specimen positioning member with tissue specimen thereon and to maintain the positioning member therein upon application of a separation force between the positioning member and the tissue specimen for removing the tissue specimen from the base member.