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PSA® Parafin Sectionning Kit
For the cutting and mounting of parafin sections
PSA® is an exclusive patented technique to help for the cutting and the mounting of tissue sections in parafin.
 
PSA®

- Preserves tissue morphology
- Strongly reduces precious tissue blocks waste on cutting
- Allows to produce ultra-plane sections ideal for LCM microdissection
- Produces a strong attachment to the slide, even for fat tissues
- Is quick and easy to use, adapted for routine use
PSA® : premium quality sections in parafin, a simple and quick technique !
 
1 Place the PSA® tape on the face of the block in the microtome chuck.
   
2 Cut. Your section is directly transferred to the tape.
   
3 Roll the PSA® tape on the PSA® slide.
   
4 Illuminate the slide for a few seconds under UV lamp. Multiple slides can be illuminated at the same time.
   
5 Dip the slide into the TPC inert solvent, peel off the tape. The tissue section is transferred to the slide, ready for fixation, staining or labelling along standard histological procedures.
   
6 A very nice morphology, contrasted staining, no tears, no folds.
PSA® preserves tissue morphology

PSA® eliminates tissue compression, deformations, folds or tears until mounting onto slides for a perfectly respected morphology and a reliable interpretation. Easy, the technique eliminates the use of cold plate to cool down the blocks and the use of the water pool to flatten the sections after cutting in standard procedures. The tissue section is preserved during handling by the PSA®.

PSA® strongly reduces tissue blocks waste

Cutting tissue sections embedded into parafin is not an easy operation to reproduce with quality. Tissue texture, parafin type, ambient conditions make the preparation of good-enought quality section difficult and waste is huge, from 50 up to 80 % of the block. It is as much precious samples that go to waste, every time you cut.
Thanks to PSA®, each cutting tried generates a good section. You save on time and on frequently rare samples. The section, sticking to the PSA®, is surprisingly very easy to handle and to mount on the slide. Better quality, more reliable diagnosis.

PSA® produces ultra-plane sections for LCM microdissection

PSA® eliminates folds that form upon cutting or mounting a section onto a slide. Adhering to the PSA® tape, the tissue section stays perfectly in place until mounting for an ideal contact between Arcturus Pixcell® capsure and the section for an improvement microdissection accuracy.

PSA® provides a strong attachment to the slide for fatty tissues

Tissue sections adhere significantly differently upon tissue type and give constraints as to the experimental conditions to avoid section to be released from the slide. PSA® slides are coated with a polymer that cures under UVs and provides a strong attachment to the section whatever the tissue is wet or fatty. The attachement is resistant to proteases, alcaline or acid solvents and most of solvents.

PSA® is quick and easy to use, ideal for routine work

PSA® technique is delivered as a kit ready for use including accessories and a starter kit fo disposables. Disposables can then be purchased separately. Once technique in hands, the use of the kit reveales simple and quick.

PSA® kit for parafin section.
To order
The kit is delivered ready for use with:
- A roll of 400 tape sections;
- 100 coated slides;
- UV lamp;
- Hand roller;
- TPC reservoir;
- TPC solvent can.

Produc reference 02-PSA.
 
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