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Email: unitma@unitma.com

Website: http://www.unitma.com

 

Tissue Microarrayer

 

 

Video Demo
for Quick-Ray Master Automated Tissue Microarrayer		 Video Demo
for Quick-Ray Manual Tissue Microarrayer

Quick-Ray®, a tissue arrayer, is a patented time saving device manufactured using the latest state-of-the art technology that allows the researcher to assemble in order, tissue specimens of multiple patients on one slide.

On present, this tissue arrayer process is the preferred method used in pathological research. The high performance efficiency of our Quick-Ray® has helped many top researchers to prepare their tissue arrays.  Our system enables the preparation and analysis of multiple samples of the same tissue or multiple tissue samples of different patients all in one slide.

Furthermore, Quick-Ray® not only reduces in sixty times the use of reagents, working time and human resource to prepare the arrays; but also can be applied to almost any tissue processing and analyzing needed for immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, FISH and in situ PCR.

Quick-Ray® decreases the current time to create Blocks and Slides in a very innovative way. One lab technician (non- histologist) can process about 20 arrays in less than two hours using our system.

You can purchase our tissue arrayers called Quick-Ray® and the pre-made recipient blocks at a very reasonable price, and slides can be customized to meet your specific needs.

Automated Tissue Microarrayer

Our computer aided Quick Ray Master® is the ultimate automated version of our Quick Ray® that has integrated a PC running under Windows XP® to our tissue microarrayer. The operation is with a touch screen LCD monitor and has multiple connection port with four USB, one LAN interface for internet and one DVI port for external display connection.

This versatile connection ports allows saving image files and reports of the recipient blocks to your USB external memory chips and send this information via LAN connection to any external PC and even through the internet to any place. All this is possible at the tip of your fingers by touching our LCD monitor with all the menus and functions keys. 

Quick Ray Master® helps the researchers to decrease the time and labor in creating the array blocks, releasing time for other activities, by using our pre-made recipient blocks. The function of the rotational tip module is to offer automatic change of the desired tip of the researcher’s option to choose from 3 tips sized 1mm, 2mm, 3mm.

 

Technical Specification

 

List Description
Approvals The instrument-specific marks are located into the name plate
Nominal supply voltages Selectable by service personnel  (100 to 120 VAC, 200 to 240 VAC)
Nominal supply current Selectable by service personnel (3A, 1.5A), 0.3KW
Nominal frequency 50/60 Hz
Weight 148 kg
Max size (W x D x H) 953 x 703 x 610 mm
Operating temperature range +10 C  to  +35 C
Transportation / Storage temperature range +5 C  to  +55 C
Relative humidity Max  80%  non-condensing
Humidity during transportation / storage 80%
Camera resolution 1280 x  1024 pixels (2 sets)
Camera CCD Size 2.2um   x  2.2um (2 sets)
Resolution 30um( Donor block, 5um(Recipient block)
Monitor embedded LCD monitor 15” (1024 x 768) with a touch screen
Tip’s needle hole size 1mm,  2mm,  3mm
Tip Module Automatically changeable by S/W
Repetitive Position Accuracy ±50 um  (6 sets)
Inner illumination LED type(2 sets)
Time per 1 Cycle 15 SEC (Pick & Place)
Operating System Unique UNITMA S/W by Microsoft Windows XP
Capacity of donor block tray 10 donor blocks and 2 recipient blocks
Recipient block UNITMA Pre-made recipient block
Fuse specification F 3.15 AL 250 V
Certifications UL, CE, FCC

System components

 

Manual Tissue Microarrayer

The Quick-Ray® product line is to use in the field of histopathology  to fabricate Tissue Micro-Arrays (TMA).

Tissue Micro-Array is a square matrix of individual tissues sampled from one or more donor tissue blocks. This array can then be sectioned using the microtome machine and placed unto a glass slide for staining. 

Each individual tissue within the array can then be examined under the microscope and compared with the other pieces of tissues present on the slide. Tissue Micro-Arrays are principally used for research purposes.

Features

  • High Quality
  • Low cost
  • Easy to handle
  • Time saving Tissue Array block production time
  • Minimized size Arrayer compared to the conventional products
  • Portable,  you can make the array block anytime and anywhere
  • Handles easily in the lab, ideal for new pathologist or lab technicians
  • Simple developing procedure
  • Easy to create the various sized blocks with using the disposable bases
  • Steel array block and Cassette array block are available

Quick-Ray⑩ Tip Disposable base Base Mold   

   

 

UNITMA Recipient block (Consumable)

 

 

1mm                     2mm                     3mm                    5mm

 

• The patented recipient block is made of special material that melts when heated at 60˚C for 30 minutes.

• Disposable bases - Recipient blocks

        5mm x 20 well

        3mm x 30 well                                                                                                         

        2mm x 60 well

        1mm x 120 well   

 

Applications

  • Immunohistochemistry

  • in situ hybridization

  • FISH

  • in situ PCR etc.

 

Procedure

 

Video Demo
for Quick-Ray Automated Tissue Microarrayer		 Video Demo
for Quick-Ray Manual Tissue Microarrayer

1. Place the reference slide and/or the donor block on microscope stage to position the interest tissue area and mark with an oil pen.

2. Extract (punch) the oil pen marked tissue from the donor block by using Quick-Ray® needle.

3. Deliver the extracted tissue into the intended holes of the recipient block(disposable base) pre-made by Unitma™  with Quick-Ray® needle.

4. Put the recipient block(disposable base) into the embedding mold with cutting section faced down and incubate it in Oven at 60 °C for 30 minutes.

5. Take out the recipient block(disposable base) when it turns completely transparent. Pour the paraffin (64°C) and place the cassette array on top of the paraffin.

6. Solidify the block in cold plate

7. Cutting (microtome)

In case of using the automated Quick Ray Master, Repeat the above steps replacing steps 2 and 3

2. Insert 5 donor blocks and one recipient block into the Quick Ray Master

 

3. Extract the tissue from donor block and deliver it into the hole of recipient block by using the software of Quick Ray Master.

 

Block & Slide

 

 

Block & Slide Application

 

 

How to Order

Quick-Ray® set comes with one puncher, 4 tips of different sizes (1,2,3 and 5mm diameter), 1 recipient block of each size, a base mold (to hold the recipient block while the tissue cores are transferred to it), and a guide for 1mm recipient block.

Extra tips can be purchased separately as required when the tips lose their sharpness or gets damaged by miss-handling.  More base molds, disposable  pre-made recipient blocks, and guides for 1mm blocks are also available.

Please visit our website www.unitma.com for more information or to place your order.  THANK YOU.

Product List

Product

Cat. No

Standard Pack

Automated Tissue Microarrayer

UATM-272

1set

Manual Tissue Microarray set

UT06

1set

1mm Quick-Ray™ tip

UT06-1

1ea

2mm Quick-Ray™ tip

UT06-2

1ea

3mm Quick-Ray™ tip

UT06-3

1ea

5mm Quick-Ray™ tip

UT06-5

1ea

1mm Disposable base

UB06-1

1ea

2mm Disposable base

UB06-2

1ea

3mm Disposable base

UB06-3

1ea

5mm Disposable base

UB06-5

1ea

Base mold

UBM06

1ea

Guide for 1mm recipient block

UG06

1ea

Embedding cassette

UC06

500/PK