Sakura Tissue-Tek Prisma Stainer

prisma stainer
Sakura Tissue-Tek Prisma Stainer utilizing dip cup staining

This instrument was used for many different applications at Caris Lifesciences. We first used it to stain H&Es, but that was replaced when we got a Ventana Symphony. Then we used it for random stains and things, but finally ended up staining nuclear fast red (NFR) stain in it to preempt microdissection. It’s an easy to use stainer since there are no complicated mechanisms, nozzles, or equipment. There’s an arm that pulls up slides in a basket and dips them in a cup. Maintenance was easy on it as well. Each day the reagents are dumped out and new ones added to the cups. The software was pretty easy to use as well.

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