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Specimen mounting adhesive composition

US5444105A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1993
Grant dateAug 22, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09J163/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A composition is disclosed for transferring and adhering tape-mounted hisogical sections, to specimen mounting surfaces, usually glass microscope slides to expedite and simplify the safe removal of the mounting tape and the subsequent processing of the slide-mounted section. The composition is a curable polymeric mixture which has high tack prior to curing, is substantially non-diffusable and non-flowable into tissue sections and, after curing, has a refractive index substantially similar to that of the specimen section and is non-labile to conventional histological solvents and stains. A preferred composition comprises diacrylate-terminated polyurethane, a diacrylate ester of an epoxy resin and a diethoxyacetophenone initiator. It is usually formed onto the mounting surface as a solution in a conventional organic solvent, such as isopropanol or toluene.

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