title: [Development of ZM-1 tissue microarrayer].
abstract: ZM-1 tissue microarrayer designed by our group is manufactured in stainless steel and brass. It features an easier and faster preparation for tissue microarrays. By means of it, a group of biopsy needles are used to punch the donor tissue specimens respectively, and all the needles with the punched specimen cylinders are arranged into the array-board, where small holes have been digged to fit the needles. All the specimen cylinders arraying and the tissue microarray block's shaping are finished simultaneously. ZM-1 tissue microarrayer with a lower cost of manufacture, is capable of preparing the tissue microarrays conveniently, efficiently and quality-controllably.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Institute, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.
authors.forename: Pan-qing
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Gui-ying
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jia-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D046888:Tissue Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*