L A B O R A T O R Y S O L U T I O N S

The Compass™ Stainer

Optimized Staining Throughput with an Efficient Laboratory Footprint

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L A B O R A T O R Y S O L U T I O N S

The Compass™ Stainer

1. ThinPrep® Sample Collection

4. ThinPrep Integrated Imager & Imaging System

3. Compass™ Stainer for slide staining

2. ThinPrep Cytology Processing

The complete solution for small and mid-sized laboratories

• Acompact footprint to maximize bench space

• Theabilitytorun20or30positionslideracksfor flexible, LEAN processing

• Uptofourstainrackscanrunsimultaneously

• Efficient use of consumables, each reagent bathholds350to360mlsostainisn’twasted

• Aflexible programming model supports a wide rangeofapplications

Before the introduction of the Compass™ Stainer, ThinPrep® withImagingforsmallandmid-sizedlaboratoriesrequiredalargefootprintstainingdevicethatmadeinefficientuseofvaluablebenchspace.Laboratorymanagerswereforcedtomakedifficulttrade-offswhenallocatingresources.

Hologic®solvedthisissuebydevelopingtheCompassStainer to enable laboratories of all sizes to choose ThinPrepwithImagingforatechnologicaladvancementinthedetectionofcervicaldisease.

The Compass Stainer is CE marked, and is validated for the ThinPrep®Imagerstainprotocol.

Afullyautomatedstainerforhistologicandcytologicslides,theCompassStainerprovidesuserswith:

Instrument DimensionsWidth:81cm/32”,Height:41cm/16”,Depth:79cm/31”

Weight 25kg/55lbs

Operating Temperature 15−35ºC/59−95ºF

Operating Humidity 20%−80%RHnon-condensing

ElectricalVoltage220/240VAC,1ampratedoutlet100/120VAC

Power/Frequency Maximum180wattsat50−60Hz

Compass Stainer Specifications1 Processed

SlidesTime

Period

30Slides 28minutes

120Slides 85minutes

750Slides 1workday

1CompassStainerOperator’sManual,PartNumberMAN-03101-001.

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