Muhammad: The Peloris technique holds some promise. Although I've never used the system, it received some good, and some bad reviews on the Histonet site as well as other places online, including white papers on the Leica site, itself. I know Leica is selling the Peloris processor, but the papers appear to be legitimate 3d party contributions. You may attempt to contact any of the authors for more information.
Below are some of what can be found- Hi. We're currently setting up a histopath lab. We've purchased Peloris tissue processor and have been test processing tissues under different hour protocols. We encountered problems in the 8-hr and 5-hr protocols.Both produced tissues that were too difficult to section in the microtome. My histotechs showed me tissues that were like brittle plastics. Despite reprocessing, the tissues came out the same in the 8-hr protocol. We reprocessed the 5-hr tissues for 12 hrs, the tissues looked microscopically ok. I suspect the tissues were too thickly sampled and poorly fixed. May ask for feedback/advice on the ff;? 1. Possible reasons? 2. Steps to prevent this in the future? 3. Reprocessing protocol in Peloris. Thank you so much. Dr. Evette Demaisip Pathologist,Philippines http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/pipermail/histonet/2009-September/046556.htm l RE: [Histonet] Peloris tissue processor From: "Ron Martin" We have been using our new Peloris for 5 weeks with great results. So far so good along with good tech support. Steve Westra (Florida rep) and Rick Couture (Mass. tech support) have been great with us. Ron Martin, BS, HTL(ASCP) Histology Supervisor Advanced Dermatology -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas D Deltour Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:56 PM To: lhartma...@adelphia.net; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Peloris tissue processor Run away! Ask them for a list of users. I have one sitting in my storage area waiting on them to pick it up. It has never worked right and the tech support is non existent. The techs do not know how to fix it. It is the second one that they have sent us. If anyone from Vision is reading this please have it removed from our storage area. It has been here for four months waiting on you to pick it up. I hope the acquisition of this company doesn't tarnish the Ventana reputation. Douglas D. Deltour HT(ASCP) Histology Supervisor Professional Pathology Services, PC One Science Court Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29203 (803)252-1913 Fax (803)254-3262 ***************************************************** PROFESSIONAL PATHOLOGY SERVICES, PC NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited by law. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately. Source: http://www.histosearch.com/histonet/Sep06/RE.HistonetPeloristissuepA.html The next URL provides a link to the Leica site. At the site Leica provides white papers on the use of the Peloris tissue processor/system: http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/total-histology/education-series/ whitepaper/ A number of Google links to additional reviews of the processor/procedure are available at: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&cp=14&gs_id=1o&xhr=t&q=Peloris+tissue+processor &pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=Peloris+tissue&aq=0&aqi=g1g-v1g-m1&aql= &gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=116a3ca570808e30&biw=1209&bih=814 My recommendation would be to try the Peloris processor, but to run Best, Keith M. Mikoff, HTL/HT (ASCP) _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet