Leica ASP300 Instrument components and specifications, 3.1Specific instrument options

3.Instrument components and specifications

3.1Specific instrument options

•Reagent Management System (RMS).

•The specimen cassette baskets may be used with or without cas- sette dividers and spring separators designed to separate cassettes and improve fluid penetration.

•In-process fluid recirculation (‘tidal agitation’) for continuous and ef- ficient mixing of fluids.

•Remote fill/drain system for reagents.

•Remote fill/drain system for paraffin.

•Automatic optical fluid level sensor.

•Active paraffin wax solvent removal feature.

•Magnetic stirrer.

•Programmable program start time delay.

•Programmable finish time for processing programs.

•3-step retort drain feature.

•Specimen processing under pressure, vacuum, alternating pressure / vacuum cycles or under ambient pressure.

•User-programmable clean cycles.

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