Inventors:
Scott Taft - Oro Valley AZ, US
Kurt Reinhardt - Tucson AZ, US
Miroslav Holubec - Tucson AZ, US
David Bryant - Tucson AZ, US
Assignee:
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. - Tucson AZ
International Classification:
A61B 10/00
US Classification:
422102, 422 681, 422104, 436174, 436807, 435 405, 435 4052, 600562, 600564, 606167, 206557, 206562, 206563, 206564, 2065241
Abstract:
The present invention provides a more efficient and faster way to prepare tissue samples for sectioning. More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, a tissue sample is embedded in a porous embedding media in a desired orientation, processed, and sectioned all while being held in the porous embedding media. The post-tissue processing step of manual embedding in paraffin is eliminated from the process.