Embedding medium for biological samples, method for producing embedded biological samples, and use thereof

US10401266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Laser Zentrum Hannover EV · DE

Inventors

• Mark Kuehnel · Hannover, DE
• Manuela Kellner · Hannover, DE
• Danny Jonigk · Altwarmbüchen, DE
• Nicole Izykowski · Hannover, DE
• Heiko Meyer · Uttenreuth, DE
• Raoul-Amadeus Lorbeer · Hannover, DE
• Marko Heidrich · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V20/695
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a first aspect, the invention relates to the use of a UV-polymerizable composition as an embedding medium for biological samples. The UV-polymerizable composition is a composition with a refractive index ranging from n=1.45 to n=1.6 after a polymerization process. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method for producing embedded biological samples using said UV-polymerizable composition and to the embedded biological samples themselves. The biological samples can be used in a wide variety of areas, such as diagnostics among others, and are suitable in particular for RNA-based diagnostics.