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Cryogenic fixation apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6239690
Cryogenic-fixation apparatus comprises a light source, a beam from which enter cooling liquid in a bath, through a window in the underside of the bath. The beam can be directed upwardly by means of a reflecting prism. When a lid of the bath is closed, the beam leaves the space defined by the path through an exit port in the lid, and is incident upon a specimen mounted on a specimen holder located above the exit port, the specimen holder being secured to an injector rod.
Assignee:
E. Reichert Optische Werke AG
Patent Number(s):
US 4545218
OSTI ID:
6239690
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English