Methods and apparatuses for digesting tissue

摘要

Embodiments of this disclosure relate to tissue digestion and, more particularly, to methods and apparatuses for varying the number, size, and/or location of one or more tissue compartments within a digestive fluid vessel. Some examples include partitions that may be selectively positioned within a vessel (and may be selectively removable from the vessel) to create one or more tissue compartments. The partitions may be positioned, repositioned and rearranged within the vessel to form one or more tissue compartments. The partitions may be solid or include apertures, and may be oriented in horizontally and/or vertically. Alternate embodiments include one or more selectively closeable apertures that permit digestive fluid to circulate along alternate pathways, which can permit tissue digestion with reduced digestive fluid levels. Still further embodiments include baskets that are selectively positionable within the tissue digester. The baskets may also include one or more selectively positionable and/or repositionable partitions.

主权项

1. A method for digesting tissue, comprising the acts of:
dividing a tissue digesting vessel configured and adapted to retain tissue during digestion into at least two separate tissue digesting compartments, the at least two separate tissue digesting compartments being configured and adapted to retain tissue during digestion; loading tissue within each of the at least two tissue digesting compartments; digesting the tissue placed within each of the at least two tissue digesting compartments; retaining undigested portions of the tissue within the compartment in which the tissue was placed.