PANNORAMIC® CONFOCAL RX 1.0
OPERATING SLIDES AND TRAYS
MAY 13, 2021
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FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES .
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Operating Slides and Trays
3.1
Preparing slides and trays
This section demonstrates how to prepare slides and trays. You may use slides and coverslips that
meet the following specifications:
Slides
Coverslips
Length
75.0 to 76.0 mm
max. 50 mm
Width
25.0 to 26.0 mm
max. 24 mm (recommended: 22 mm)
Thickness
0.95 to 1.05 mm
No. 1 and No. 1.5 (0.13 to 0.16 mm and 0.16 to 0.19 mm)
Corners
45° beveled corners
Edges
Ground or cut
Table 2: Specifications of slides and coverslips
Warning!
Do
NOT
use a slide when it is broken, or its edges are not properly cut or grounded. Using
such slides can lead to injury.
Warning!
If using immersion liquid for confocal scanning, make sure that you apply cover slips on each
slide you are going to scan in a way that water cannot enter underneath the coverslip, since
it may impair the section and falsify correct evaluation.
Ensure that no part of the mounted coverslip protrudes from the edges of the slide.
Use slides with completely dried embedding medium only. Otherwise, the coverslip can be
shifted that makes slide loading less reliable. Not completely dried embedding might also
influence the operation of objectives and other device parts.
Warning!
Do
NOT
use any marker on the slide when performing immersion scanning.
