Patent ID: 7776274
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cassette for holding a tissue sample, comprising: a body including a perforated bottom wall and a plurality of perforated side walls extending upwardly with respect to said bottom wall to define an interior space for receiving the tissue sample; said bottom wall and said plurality of side walls being constructed of a material capable of being successfully sectioned in a microtome and resistant to degradation during histologic tissue processing, wherein said plurality of side walls comprise first and second side walls each having a length and extending upwardly from opposite edges of said bottom wall, at least one of said first and second side walls including portions angling toward the other of the first and second side walls on the opposite edge of the bottom wall to define an outwardly projecting portion proximate a midpoint along said length of said at least one side wall.