Title:
CASSETTE FOR FACILITATING OPTICAL SECTIONING OF A RETAINED TISSUE SPECIMEN
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000049392
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A cassette for retaining a specimen of surgically exposed tissue from a patient in an orientation that facilitates optical sectioning of the tissue by a confocal microscopic or other optical imaging microscope. The cassette includes a base member (12) having a rigid optically transparent window upon which a tissue specimen is situated, a pliable membrane (26) locatable over a substantial portion of the base member including the window, and an upper member (14), having an aperture therethrough, which can cover the base member to provide an enclosed cavity between the membrane and the window sealing the tissue specimen therein.
Inventors:
EASTMAN JAY M
FOX WILLIAM J
GREENWALD ROGER J
ROESSER KEVIN P
ZAVISLAN JAMES M
FOX WILLIAM J
GREENWALD ROGER J
ROESSER KEVIN P
ZAVISLAN JAMES M
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/004070
Publication Date:
June 20, 2002
Filing Date:
February 17, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LUCID INC (US)
International Classes:
B01L3/00; G02B21/34; G01N1/31; (IPC1-7): G01N21/01; G02B21/34
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