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Freezing microtome and method for producing microscopable thin sections

US8959935B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Höfling · Ettenheim, DE
Hermann Ulbrich · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Ralf Eckert · Schriesheim, DE
Michael Eberhard · Neheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2010
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N1/42
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A freezing microtome for the production of microscopable thin sections of tissue samples (60), comprising a cooling device (24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 52) for freezing the tissue samples (60), a cutting device for cutting the frozen tissue samples (60) and a working chamber, in which the cutting device and at least a part of the cooling device (24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 52) are arranged is described. The part of the cooling device (24, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 52) arranged in the working chamber contains a liquid coolant (70), in which the tissue samples (60) can be inserted for freezing.

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