Definitely it's not going to be the best solution for everything in histology. Routine cutting will be the main task, and controls slides are a natural. Considering the trouble we have finding good histotechs, a robot that works continuously can really take the pressure off the routine work and let our techs do the more complicated work.
Consider this as well: Sakura is redesigning its entire instrument line to allow robotic handoffs between them. We will see a totally robotic histology lab (tissue processing to H&E) in the near future. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Simmons, Christopher [mailto:sim...@upmc.edu] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 12:44 PM To: Morken, Timothy Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Sakura SmartSection Have it smart section undecalcified bone or teeth in plastic then I might give it a look But only a look You can never take the art away from the technicians Ever Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Morken, Timothy <timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu> wrote: > > Has anyone done any work with the Sakura SmartSection robot? We've had some > blocks cut on it and have had good initial results. This could be a > game-changer for histology staffing. > > > Tim Morken > Pathology Site Manager, Parnassus > Supervisor, Electron Microscopy/Neuromuscular Special Studies > Department of Pathology UC San Francisco Medical Center > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
