DNS LK-400, Operation Manual

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LK-400 Operation Manual
Auto Slide Preparation System Extension Module Package
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1. Product overview
1 – 1 Outline
This Option Package (LK-400) is an extension package which can be connected to the Auto Slide
Preparation System (AS-410) Main Unit and operates sectioning process with a LAN connection
automatically. Users can enter sectioning data or printing information, priviously set with the touch
panel of the AS-410 Main Unit, with the LK-400 system installed in the designated PC, and monitor
automated sectioning process. This extension package enables coordinated automatic section
preparation operation between the external systam and the AS-410.
The LK-400 program has two application methods:
Method 1- The System reads barcodes printed on the sample cassette placed in the AS-410, then
operate the section preparation based on the saved condition data on the PC.
Method 2- The System executes the section preparation operation based on the manual input data
and sample tray numbers.
By connecting with an external system, such as a pathological diagnosis support system sold by
software manufacturers, the LK-400 program enables a coordinated automatic slide glass preparation
with the external system. It requires simply to save the necessary sectioning information onto the
shared data folder and set sample block cassettes with barcodes.
1 – 2 The process of section preparation
①
Sample setting
Place the sample cassette with printed barcode on the AS-410 sample tray.
②
Barcode reading of the sample
The Sample Identification Function reads the barcode printed on sample casettes. The read data
is transferred to the LK-400 PC and system refers to the registered data.
③ Sectioning of the sample
The AS-410 acquires the registered data of each sample from the LK-400 PC; the system sections
each sample automatically with the individually specified conditions, e.g. sectioning thickness and
number of the sections to cut.