Coverslipping Accessories
Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslips
Glas coverslips that provide optimal clarity
Tissue‐Tek® Glas™ Coverslips provide pathologists with unprecedented viewing quality. The unique manufacturing processes result in optimal clarity, and bending strength twice that of common coverslips. They are made from high-grade glass resulting in precise flatness, size and improved mounting. The special coating treatments prevent the glass coverslips from sticking to each other for a smooth hassle-free workflow.
Developed and optimized for the Tissue‐Tek® Glas™ g2 Automated Coverslipper the
Tissue‐Tek® Glas™ Coverslips and Easy Holder come in three convenient sizes to provide you with the efficiency needed in your laboratory to accommodate different microscope slides. The Easy Holders come in three different colors prefilled with the appropriate size coverslips for easy loading on to the Tissue‐Tek® Glas™ g2 Automated Coverslipper. You can switch between coverslips of different sizes quickly: Simply replace the Easy Holder and walk away.
Tissue-Tek® Coverslipping Film
Coverslipping Film – the clear choice
The Tissue-Tek® Coverslipping Film is the 5th generation of the resin-coated plastic film that eliminates the need for coverglass and liquid mounting medium. It reduces coverslipper maintenance and enables fast coverslipping compared to mounting medium and glass coverslips.
The Tissue-Tek® Coverslipping Film is validated for use with the Hologic® Thin Prep® Stain Plus Imaging System. It is also ideal for slide scanning and digital imaging, and found to scan 3.7% faster than glass!
Your laboratory can now increase productivity, especially appreciated during daily peak-demand hours, and further reduce user stress levels by forwarding high quality coverslipped slides to the pathologists earlier. Film-coverslipped pathology slides have been shown to have less artifacts after 10 years of storage compared to glass coverslipped slides.
Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Mounting Medium
A xylene-based mounting medium
Sakura Finetek offers a xylene-based mounting medium for glass coverslipping. The Tissue-Tek® Glas™ is designed ready-to-use with the Tissue-Tek® Glas™ g2 Coverslipper. Depending on coverslipping settings, one bottle coverslips over 16,000 slides. Provide your pathologists with crystal-clear slides and secure permanent mounting using this proven and trusted quality.
