Patent ID: 8048245

Claim:
A method of securing a biological specimen to an analytic substrate, comprising: providing an analytic substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; providing a quantity of a coating composition comprising a silane, siloxane, silicone, silicon fluid, polysiloxane, fluorosilane, organosilane, organofunctional silane, or a combination thereof; wiping and/or rubbing and/or pressing the quantity of the coating composition on at least a portion of the upper surface and/or lower surface of the analytic substrate forming a coated analytic substrate having a coated surface thereon; and applying a biological specimen to the coated surface of the coated analytic substrate wherein the biological specimen becomes bound to the coated analytic substrate via the coating composition of the coated surface, wherein the coating composition is applied to the analytic substrate at the same point-of-use where the biological specimen is placed on the coated analytic substrate.