Apparatus and method for taking and handling tissue samples for biopsy analysis

摘要

The invention provides a method for preparing one or more biopsy tissue samples for histological examination. In the method a tissue sample is placed and immobilised on a microtome sectionable support. The support and the tissue sample are subjected to a process for replacing fluid in the tissue sample with a hardenable material. The microtome sectionable support and the tissue sample are embedded in an additional quantity of the hardenable material and the hardenable material is cured into a block. The block is sliced with a microtome into thin slices of the hardenable material, the microtome sectionable support, and the tissue sample.