VIBRATOMOS: Vibratome 800 McIllwain
Tissue Chopper 230V CE
- VIBRATOME 800 McILLWAIN TISSUE
CHOPPER 230V CE:
The
Vibratome™ Company has joined forces with the Mickle Laboratory
Engineering Company to introduce the Vibratome™ 800 Tissue Chopper.
This tissue sectioning system has been designed to prepare sections of
tissue for metabolic experiments and to be especially applicable to
small and irregular specimens available at biopsy or from small organs.
Its special features cause much less disturbance of cell structure than
homogenizers or blenders, and to be applicable to fragments which would
be difficult or impossible to cut by ordinary methods. It has been
applied to liver, kidney and various parts of the central nervous
system. Vibratome™ 800 utilizes standard double edge razor blades.
This
device is designed to cut fresh or fixed tissue for metabolic
experiments. It is especially advantageous for slicing small or
irregular shaped specimens as one might obtain from biopsies. The
Mcllwain Tissue Chopper causes much less disturbance of the cell
structure than homogenizers or blenders and has been used on various
tissues of the central nervous system as well as for liver and kidney.
Slices
up to 1mm thickness and cubes or prisms up to 1mm cross section can be
prepared with the chopper in 30 seconds. Stepless variation of slice
thickness from zero to the maximum is done by means of an indexing
clutch in conjunction with a micrometer head calibrated in microns. The
specimen is placed on the circular, white disc on the stainless steel
table and is transversed automatically from left to right at an
adjustable speed. At the same time, the blade is raised and dropped at
speeds varying from zero to over 20 strokes per minute. The process may
be repeated with the table turned 45° if prisms are desired. Turn the
table 90° on the second cut for cubes.
Electrical: 110 and 220VAC
Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.4 x 12.7cm H (12 x 10 x 5” H)
Weight: 8kg (17.6 lbs.)
