Automated Tissue Microarrayer

Automatic Tissue Microarrayer

The Quick Ray Master UATM-272B is a newly developed tissue microarrayer running by simply connecting to user's computer through USB port. The instrument is running with the unique UNITMA S/W based on Window7 of user's PC. The changeable tips for the desired core size of the recipient blocks have 4 different hole sizes which are 1mm(120 holes), 1.5mm(90 holes), 2mm(60 holes), and 3mm(30 holes). UATM-272B is designed to be smarter than UATM-272A but it is very easy for users to be familiar with the instrument.

Quick Ray Master helps the researchers to decrease the time and labor in creating the blocks by using the pre-made recipient blocks to be supplied by Unitma.

Premade recipient blocks as consumables are purchasable from Unitma.

Overview

Features

• Analysis of many patient tissue samples simultaneously
• Conserves tumors, biopses and other precious biological samples
• Conserves antibodies and other expensive reagents
• Improves array precision through sample and patient multi-plexing
• Applicable to mRNA and protein expression analysis
• Miniaturize and automate immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, FISH, and in situ PCR
• High-speed preparation of tissue microarray blocks
• Maintains tissue integrity during embedding
• Up to 300 tissues slices per recipient block
• Standardized block configuration simply image analysis
• Prepare up to 240 tissue cores per hour
• TMA success rate up to 99%
• Tissue preparation cycle time of 15 secs
• Positional accuracy of 5 μm at recipient blocks

Specification

How to build

TMA by the Automated Tissue Microarrayer (Quick Ray Master)

	1. Place the reference slide and the donor block on the microscope stage, and mark the position where you intend to extract the sample tissue with an oil pen.
	2. Place donor blocks and recipient blocks on the block holders in the instrument
	3. Quick Ray Master extracts the marked tissue from the donor block and delivers the extracted tissue into the correspondent holes of the pre-made recipient block (UB06)
	4. Put the completed recipient block into the base mold with the face to be sectioned down and place it in an oven at 70 degree celsius for 30 to 60 minutes until the block is completely transparent, then take it out from the oven.
	5. Place an embedding cassette on the top of transparent block and dispense liquid paraffin into the base mold adequately covering the cassette.
	6. Solidify the block in a cold plate.
	7. Sectioning by a microtome.
	8. Follow the next workflow