Patent ID: 8516909

Claim:
A cryopreparation chamber ( 100 ) for preparing and manipulating a sample for electron microscopy, the cryopreparation chamber ( 100 ) being cooled by a first cryogen, wherein the cryopreparation chamber ( 100 ) comprises: a first chamber portion ( 101 ); and a second chamber portion ( 102 ) configured to be detachably placeable on the first chamber portion ( 101 ) during cryopreparation of the sample in the first chamber portion, the second chamber portion ( 102 ) including an outer wall ( 106 ) having an access port ( 107 ) through which a specimen holder ( 108 ) for an electron microscope can be inserted from a point external to the cryopreparation chamber ( 100 ) into the cryopreparation chamber ( 100 ).