Hi Paula,
Are you using the Leica Bond for Clinical diagnostic testing? If yes, use of
any biomed company to PM or use non-Original equipment manufacturing (OEM)
parts on the instrument would void the IVD status of your instrument and any
IVD reagents you are automating on it.
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A control block made of four tissues will cover the majority of IHC stains. Use
appendix, tonsil, pancreas and liver in the block. It is important to select
the tissues carefully to ensure they are fixed and processed appropriately. It
is also important to test and document the tissues before
Jeeza human shoulder joint?
Be grateful for background.
Many years ago I had to fix/process to Polyester resin many monkey condylar
joints ( jaw)
As iterated here, I stripped all superfluous tissue off and processed the
joints to resin.
( as I do now when doing Histology on ms knee joints
The rotator cuff/joint study is an interesting project. I wish I had an
encounter with such a specimen before I’d written Grossing Bones: Principles,
Techniques and Instruments book (Amazon.com). The problem is not in fixation,
or even in a saw, but rather in getting the initial slab/s which
Hello Merissa,
You can use a diamond band saw, as they are produced by EXAKT. This special
technique will cut soft tissue quite smooth without destroying the tissues. So
you can cut slices with a few centimeter thickness which can be fixed in
formaline after sectioning.
What kind of
