Patent ID: 9250167
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B29B,B29C,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A molding apparatus for producing a biological tissue embedded in a block of an embedding material, said molding apparatus comprising a mold comprising a compartment configured for containing said embedding material, said compartment having a compartment floor and at least one wall extending upwards from said compartment floor, and wherein said compartment comprises at least one depression extending downwards from said compartment floor, and wherein said depression comprises a depression floor, wherein at least one of said depression floor and compartment floor is curved at least along one direction, thereby being centrally inclined, the molding apparatus further comprising a sample sheet configured to attach to said biological tissue and hold said biological tissue thereon, said sample sheet being further dimensioned to be positioned in said compartment and to be constrained to said position thereof, at least along one direction, by said compartment, and wherein said depression is configured for accepting said biological tissue at least partially therein, thereby said molding apparatus being configured for producing a block of an embedding material having at least one protrusion associated with said at least one depression wherein said biological tissue, attached to said sample sheet, is embedded at least partially in said protrusion.