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US 2002/0177183 A1Published application
Rapid Microwave-assisted fixation of fresh tissue
AssigneeTed Pella, Inc.
InventorsRichard T. Giberson, Douglas Edwin Elliott
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AssigneeTed Pella, Inc.
InventorsRichard T. Giberson, Douglas Edwin Elliott
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A rapid method of microwave-assisted formalin fixation of tissue that is described as: (a) a two-step process; (b) applicable to large (>5 mm thick) and small (<5 mm thick) tissues; (c) exposure of fresh tissue (i.e. a surgical biopsy) in a formalin solution to continuous microwave irradiation; (d) formalin circulated and cooled to maintain a constant temperature; (e) microwave-assisted formalin fixation performed at a temperature between 4° C. and 40° C.; (f) a temperature probe used to monitor fixative temperature in the cavity (g) after processing via microwave-assisted formalin fixation, the tissue can be processed by microwave methods or in an automatic tissue processor into paraffin for diagnostic evaluation. The two step process consists of a first low power microwave run followed by a second high power microwave run. An alternate embodiment of the present invention employing a one step MW oven process using other selected fixatives (glyoxal, glyoxal based and other aldehyde fixatives, alcohol, acetone, etc.)
A method to fixate a tissue specimen, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of fixation comprising the steps of:
A method to fixate a tissue specimen, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of fixation comprising the steps of:
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