Histology cassettes & moulds

A standard cassette suits ordinary tissue pieces. A biopsy cassette has finer openings, or is used with a sponge or biopsy bag, so small fragments are not washed away during processing. A multi-compartment cassette keeps several samples apart in one cassette. Choose by the size of the specimen and your histology workflow. Reagents and consumables are in histology reagents and consumables. Questions about a specific product? Contact sales@luminixhealth.com.

Colour lets you code tissue type, department, priority or day of processing. That makes sorting quicker and helps prevent mix-ups between samples, especially when many cassettes pass through the processor together. The colour has no effect on processing or on the quality of the sections. Agree on a colour code within your lab and order the colours you need from histology cassettes and moulds. Unsure which one fits? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

The angled writing surface can be labelled by hand with a solvent-resistant marker that survives processing. Cassettes made for printers, in loose or stacked versions, fit a cassette printer for fully printed labels. Check on the product page that the version matches your printer before you order. Test a marker on one cassette through a full processing run first. Suitable pens are in markers and pens. Need advice for your set-up? Mail sales@luminixhealth.com.

Stainless steel moulds are reusable and cool the paraffin quickly, which gives a well-formed block. Disposable plastic moulds are practical for single use and save cleaning time. Choose the mould size according to the tissue piece and the cassette, so the block fills the cassette face without overflowing. Check the sizes on the product page in histology cassettes and moulds. For a quote or a second opinion, write to sales@luminixhealth.com.

A histology cassette holds a tissue through processing, and a mould forms the paraffin block. The cassette's holes have to let solvents through and still keep the specimen. A fine biopsy and a large organ are different cassettes.

A light microscope forms an image with glass lenses and transmitted or reflected light. A stereo microscope is the lower-magnification instrument for dissecting and for looking at a surface. Fluorescence needs a light source and filters matched to the dye. Histology is the preparation that makes a tissue readable: fixation, a cassette, a section, a stain. The objective's magnification and numerical aperture decide the resolution. The slide and the cover glass decide whether the section sits in the focal plane. Stains and dyes as substances are identified on PubChem. Papers on the methods are on PubMed.

This shelf belongs to Microscopy & histology, inside Lab instruments. Luminix Health distributes this range for laboratory use.

The neighbouring shelves are Microscope slides & cover glasses, Microscope objectives, eyepieces & optics, Counting chambers & haemocytometers, Stereo microscopes, Light & fluorescence microscopes, Histology reagents & consumables, Microscopy accessories, Cold light sources & lighting and Digital & USB microscopes. The category above this shelf is Microscopy & histology.

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