Process and embedding system for embedding tissue samples

US4353856A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Friedrich Muck · Wiesbaden, DE
• Lothar Post · Düsseldorf, DE
• Hannes Westen · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 1980
• Grant date: Oct 12, 1982
• Expiry date: Sep 26, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N1/36
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a process and an embedding system for embedding tissue samples in a mixture of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and an alkyl (meth)acrylate in a weight ratio of at most 9:1. The embedding process takes place at low temperatures using a low-temperature initiator system. It is thereby possible largely to retain the enzyme activity and the cell morphology.