BIOPSY SAMPLE MOUNT AND PROCESSING METHOD

摘要

A biopsy sample mount and processing method. One embodiment of the sample mount includes a rounded mass of hydrophilic or liquid absorbing material. Tissue samples can be releasably placed on the material mass in a known structural orientation and the mount and sample immersed in fixative. The mass of material will swell when absorbing the fixative, causing the tissue sample to release from the mass of material. The tissue sample is then removed from the fixative and correctly oriented for tissue processing for diagnostic use.