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Sept. 19, 2023—Evident announced an alliance with Corista, Sakura Finetek, and Visiopharm to deliver an automated, end-to-end workflow solution for pathology in the United States.

May 2023—Sakura Finetek has launched its Tissue‑Tek Block Filing Cabinet 2400, which has six drawers and a capacity of 2,400 paraffin-embedded tissue blocks.

May 2019—Sakura Finetek USA launched two ready-to-use antibodies in the United States and eight outside the U.S. for use on the Tissue-Tek Genie Advanced Staining System.

December 2018—Sakura Finetek USA launched the Tissue-Tek Prisma H&E Stain Kit #1, specifically designed for the Tissue-Tek Prisma line of stainers.

November 2018—Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System Pathology and Laboratory Medicine announced a research and development partnership with Sakura Finetek USA to increase the automation level of its core anatomic pathology laboratories.

November 2018—Sakura Finetek USA launched the Accu-Cut SRM 300 LT manual microtome. New features include a four-color LED backlit 3D precision chuck, which increases the contrast between specimens and paraffin without warming the block. Users can visualize translucent biopsies in the block using one or a combination of the four LED colors.

June 2018—Sakura Finetek USA launched its Tissue-Tek Prisma Plus Automated Slide Stainer, which has a throughput of 530 slides per hour.

April 13, 2018—Sakura Finetek USA launched its Tissue-Tek Prisma Plus Automated Slide Stainer, a second-generation Prisma platform with a throughput of 530 slides per hour. “Like its predecessor, the Tissue-Tek Prisma Automated Slide Stainer, with several thousand units installed worldwide, Tissue-Tek Prisma Plus continues to be the slide stainer of choice for large commercial laboratories and hospitals,” George R. Kennedy, ...

August 2016—The Tissue-Tek Cryo3 Flex Cryostat, from Sakura Finetek USA, produces sections from 1 to 99 µm using a temperature-controlled blade holder and a 3-D precision chuck to accurately align the block face to the blade, reducing user’s trimming time and preserving specimens.

March 2016—Sakura Finetek USA announced the acquisition of Genemed Biotechnologies’ tissue-based advanced staining business for cancer detection, diagnosis, and monitoring. Genemed’s liquid-based molecular testing products were not included in the acquisition and will be spun out as an independent business.

Sakura Finetek USA will launch the Tissue-Tek AutoTEC a120 Automated Embedding System at the National Society of Histotechnology annual conference in Washington, DC, August 28–September 1, 2015.