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PSA® Parafin Sectionning
Kit
For the cutting and mounting of parafin sections of Tissue
Array |
| PSA® is an exclusive patented technique
to help for the cutting and the mounting of tissue array
sections in parafin. |
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PSA®
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| PSA® :
premium quality sections in parafin, a simple and quick
technique ! |
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Place the PSA® tape on the face of the block in the
microtome chuck. |
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Cut. Your section is directly transferred to the
tape. |
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the PSA® tape on the PSA® slide. |
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4 Illuminate
the slide for a few seconds under UV lamp. Multiple slides
can be illuminated at the same time. |
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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. |
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6 A preserved
tissue array organisation and tissue cores completely
collected on the slide. |
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PSA®
produces up to 5 times more tissue sections out of a tissue
array block
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® preserves
tissue array organisation for an easier analysie
PSA® preserves geometry of the tissue array when
cutting the block and mounting onto the slide. When tissue
array morphology is preserved, browsing is easier and
reduces errors of position, particularly when analyzing
the tissue arrays manually. |
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PSA®
eliminates folds, compressions, tears and tissue cores
losess for a perfect interpretation
PSA® eliminates folds, tears or cores losses that
occur when cutting or mounting a tissue array section
onto a slide. Adhering to the PSA® tape, the tissue
array section stays perfectly in place until mounting.
You preserved a high number of tissue cores on your slide
for a more interpretable experiment.
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. |
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PSA® kit for parafin section. |
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for use with: |
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A roll of 400 tape sections; |
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100 coated slides; |
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UV lamp ; |
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Hand roller; |
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TPC reservoir; |
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TPC solvent can. |
Produc reference 02-PSA. |
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