Complete Product Description

The Shandon Hypercenter XP Enclosed Tissue Processor is a computer-controlled, fluid transfer tissue processor with automated fixation, dehydration, cleaning and paraffin infiltration of tissue specimens.

The Shandon Hypercenter XP Enclosed Tissue Processor is a Fully Enclosed System

• The Reagent Storage Module does not allow reagent fumes to vent into laboratory atmosphere when the Hypercenter is in operation.
• Flexible air bag which maximizes the system?s air capacity.
• Emergency activated carbon filter is utilized as an additional safety feature only if there is excess pressure.

The Hypercenter XP's Optimized Design

• Organized capacity of 180 cassettes.
• Can be configured as either a floor model or bench-top model.
• One Command Module can control up to 5 reaction and storage modules for processing capacity of up to 900 cassettes per load.
• Save as many as 9 customized programs.
• Unit comes with default processing parameters available at each step of heat, vacuum, immersion time and extended drain time.
• A time-of-day clock continuously displays and is used by the instrument to calculate and set continuous, real-time processing log.
• Software is programmed to accommodate year 2000 changes.
• Multilingual-Continuous on-screen prompts display in user choice of English, Spanish, French, Italian, German or Swedish.
• Vacuum and positive pressure move reagents to and from the sealed specimen chamber through a single, rotary valve located in the reagent storage module.
• Second blowout of reagent at every step.
• Two independent paraffin baths completely infiltrate the specimen with paraffin.
• Flush (purge) cycle automatically cleans the unit with heated xylene (or substitute) and then alcohol.
• Glass specimen chamber lid allows the user to see the specimens during processing without opening the sealed lid.

The Hypercenter XP Portable Wax Station offers the option of a third wax bath which can be used as a final clean stage in the wax impregnation of specimens.
The Wax Station can be conveniently located to the side of the Hypercenter XP Reaction Module, so that wax-impregnated specimens can be transported safely to an embedding station without messy wax spillages.
Temperature is controlled thermostatically and is adjustable between 45 C to 65 C within +- 1 C accuracy

Shandon Hypercenter XP Enclosed Tissue Processor Specifications