Device to collect and segregate tissue samples sectioned on a microtome
US8967024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/222
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for handling a portion of a tissue sample when sectioned by a microtome. The apparatuses include a container, a tissue sample holder in the container, and one or more outlets configured to allow flow of a fluid from the container. The flow through the outlet causes a portion of the tissue sample sectioned by a microtome to move into the outlet. The methods include sectioning one or more portions of a tissue sample, and flowing a fluid past the tissue sample to cause the one or more portions of the tissue sample to move away from the tissue sample and toward at least one fluid outlet.
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