Method of handling biologic matter and means for carrying out the method
US5612218A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/315
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a standardized method of handling tissue samples taken with the aid of a sampling instrument and also to other biologic matter, such as, for example, intact portions of a living organism such as a heart, finger and the like. The invention is characterized in that the tissue sample or other biologic matter is transferred to an isosmotic, atoxic, pyrogen-free, semi-viscous, sterile, freezable liquid whose density corresponds approximately to the density of the sample or other biologic matter. The means for carrying out the method is characterized by a plastic tube filled with the aforesaid liquid.
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