Patent ID: 8796038

Claim:
A method for preparing one or more elongated biopsy tissue samples for histological examination, comprising: positioning an elongated tissue sample in a first elongated channel of a perforated microtome sectionable support, the microtome sectionable support including a tissue cassette having a perforated bottom wall and at least one perforated side wall for defining a tissue sample receiving space; extending the elongated tissue sample from the first elongated channel to a second elongated channel segregated from the first elongated channel by separating structure; using biasing structure that extends into the first and second channels to hold the tissue sample against the bottom wall; subjecting the microtome sectionable support and the tissue sample to a process that replaces fluid in the tissue sample with a hardenable material; embedding the microtome sectionable support and the tissue sample in an embedding material; hardening the embedding material into a block; and slicing the block with a microtome into thin slices of the embedding material, the microtome sectionable support and the tissue sample.