Patent · US Expired

Device for the cryo-substitution of small biological objects for microscopic research, especially electron microscopic investigations

US4306425A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

C. Reichert Optische Werke A.G. · AT

Inventors

Hellmuth Sitte · Laa an der Thaya, AT
Ludwig Edelmann · Premich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 1980
Grant date	Dec 22, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF17C2270/0509
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for the cryo-substitution of small biological objects for microscopic, especially electron microscopic investigations, with a metal receptacle for the reception of at least one object, which is mounted in a dewar flask containing a liquid cryogen and which can be regulated to a desired temperature by means of the cryogen and a regulatable heating device joined to the receptacle.

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