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Microtome blades are used in microtomes to cut thin slices, or sections, of biological tissue samples for microscopic examination. These slices are typically less than 50 micrometers thick and are utilized for a variety of critical purposes, including histological analysis, tissue culture, and electron microscopy. The use of precision cutting blades allows for absolute control […]
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Microtome, vibratome, vibrating microtome…you’ve heard so many different terms for this type of laboratory equipment. Let us help you clear up any confusions in terminology! Defining microtome vs vibratome A microtome is a device used to cut very thin slices of tissue, called sections, for examination under a microscope. It typically uses a sharp, stationary […]
Precisionary Instruments and Greenleaf Scientific Announce Partnership to Help Streamline Tissue Sectioning in Life Sciences Precisionary Instruments LLC, a leading designer and manufacturer of tissue slicers and microtomes, and Green Leaf Scientific today announced their partnership with an aim to bring tissue sectioning equipment to life science laboratories in Europe. We believe that our two […]
Message From Our CEO My name is George Kong and in 2004 I founded Precisionary Instruments with my father Dr. Jian-Qiang Kong. Our goal was to focus on developing the Compresstome® vibratome. We always believed in making the best vibrating microtome for the research community, giving scientists the ability to section the perfect tissue slices […]
How do I embed and cut great spinal cord slice? You asked, and we listened! We realized that embedding spinal cord tissue for cutting slices is quite difficult. Working with our biomedical illustrator, we came up with this visual protocol to help you embed spinal cord for slicing: How about some spinal cord references? You […]
Precisionary Rotary Microtomes in Action! We love helping scientists and clinicians get high quality tissue slices. With our new rotary microtome line, the best way to introduce you to them is to show how they work in action! Take a look at our manual rotary microtome model, the Precisionary Rotary Microtome RF-600: Now, check out our semi-automated […]
Greetings! This week, you’ll meet our third and final rotary microtome model, the Precisionary Rotary Microtome RF-1000. This is our fully automated working machine, and it’s pretty awesome to see its automated cutting features! Precisionary Rotary Microtome RF-1000 Our rotary microtome RF-1000 is truly a pretty awesome fully-automated work horse. “Fully automated” means that single sections can be […]
Hello again! For this week, we’ll continue our brief but detailed introduction to our new Precisionary Rotary Microtome product line. Learn about this family of microtomes with us. This week, we’ll focus on our Precisionary Rotary Microtome RF-800! Precisionary Rotary Microtome RF-800 Our rotary microtome RF-800 is our best selling model. The RF-800 is a semi-automated model that is ideal […]
Hello! For this week and the next few weeks, we’d like to introduce you to each of our new rotary microtome models. Often, it’s super confusing when exploring a product line and deciding what microtome to buy. So we want to make this easy by introducing you to each of our microtome models one-by-one, with clear […]
