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OwnerGraziano Cancian, Carsten Reides Bjarkam +2inventors
InventorsGraziano Cancian, Carsten Reides Bjarkam, Jens Christian Hedemann Sorensen, Ulrik Kjaergaard Sorensen
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The invention consists of a device and a method for sectioning of organs and irregular tissue blocks into tissue sections of a predefined thickness and orientation, in one uniform working process. The tissue is embedded into an alginate polymer, which is poured into an embedding container with two opposite arrays of parallel grooves. After hardening, the polymer can be sectioned in slices of a predetermined thickness. This is achieved by razor blade cuts through an array of parallel grooves in the embedding container. Finally, the tissue and alginate polymer can be removed by removing the side of the embedding container resulting in a series of parallel sections of predefined and often equal thickness.
A device for sectioning a block of tissue into slices of a predetermined thickness and orientation, said device including
A device for sectioning a block of tissue into slices of a predetermined thickness and orientation, said device including an embedding chamber means, said embedding chamber means being a tubular upper member for accommodating a block of tissue, where the cylindrical upper member is telescopically mounted on a cylindrical base column on a base member in such a way that a container for accommodating the tissue is formed by the upper member in its upper position and the end of this cylindrical column, said upper member being provided with a number of parallel grooves for receiving and guiding a cutting blade.
A sectioning device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the device is provided with locking means for holding the upper member in a predetermined position relative to the surface of the column.
A sectioning device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the upper member may be retracted to a position below the end surface of the base column.
A device for sectioning of a block of tissue into slices with a predetermined thickness and orientation, said device including:
A method of sectioning a block of tissue into slices of a predetermined thickness and orientation comprising the steps of selecting a top member with a series of
A method of sectioning a block of tissue into slices of a predetermined thickness and orientation comprising the steps of
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