A mould for preparing wax stone for pathological tissue embedding
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a mold for preparing a wax block for embedding fine or thin pathological tissues.
Background
Histopathological examination is an examination method based on microscopic section preparation technology, and because the tissue texture of an organism is soft, efficient section is difficult to perform and ultrathin sections meeting the microscopic examination are difficult to obtain, the preparation of sections after filling tissue cell structures with embedding agents such as paraffin and the like which have a supporting function is needed, and the sections are called paraffin sections. For paraffin embedding, a method is generally adopted in which molten paraffin is poured into an embedding frame, a tissue block which is subjected to the steps of transparence and wax immersion is clamped by forceps before paraffin is solidified and placed into the molten paraffin, the direction of the tissue block is adjusted by the forceps so as to be cut to an ideal position during slicing, and after the direction of the tissue block is adjusted, the paraffin block is condensed at room temperature or placed into cold water to accelerate the solidification of the paraffin block; and after the wax block is solidified, removing the embedding frame and taking out the wax block for subsequent slicing operation. There are at least three factors that affect the quality and efficiency of tissue embedding during this process:
firstly, the position or the direction of a tissue block needs to be repeatedly moved when the embedding orientation of the tissue block is adjusted, paraffin is quickly solidified at room temperature, the phenomenon that the orientation of the tissue block is not adjusted and paraffin liquid is solidified can occur, and a section cannot be cut to an ideal position; secondly, even if the orientation can be adjusted before paraffin is solidified, due to the lack of auxiliary support of the tissue block in the molten paraffin, the tissue block is easy to shift or topple before the paraffin is solidified, especially for some small tube-cavity tissues such as mouse bones or sheet tissues such as chick embryo vitelline membrane and the like; thirdly, when the position or the direction of the tissue block is adjusted by the forceps, the tissue needs to be repeatedly clamped, mechanical damage to the tissue can be caused, and subsequent observation and judgment of the tissue lesion can be possibly influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems in the tissue embedding process, the present invention provides a mold for preparing a wax block for pathological tissue embedding.
The specific contents are as follows: the utility model provides a mould for preparing wax stone for pathological tissue embedding, this mould includes the framed and installs the inside mold core at the framed, characterized by:
the die frame is a cuboid frame body, the die core is matched with the die frame and is arranged in the die frame, a bottom plate is fixed at the bottom of the die frame, a circle of convex edge extending horizontally inwards is arranged on the upper edge of the inner side surface of the die frame, a vertical guide rail is arranged on the side surface of the die core, a vertical sliding groove matched with the guide rail is arranged on the inner side surface of the die frame, and the die core is matched with the sliding groove on the die frame through the guide rail so that the die core forms a vertical sliding pair in the die frame;
the upper surface of mold core be equipped with a plurality of wax stone recess, be equipped with the vertical guiding hole that link up the mold core at the center of every wax stone recess bottom, be equipped with the ejector pin that matches and vertically run through with it in every guiding hole, the upper surface at the bottom plate is fixed to the lower extreme of every ejector pin, the upper end of every ejector pin is fixed with the horizontally roof, every roof corresponds rather than the bottom of the wax stone recess that corresponds and matches, all the cover is equipped with the spring in the lower part of every ejector pin, the upper end of this spring is supported in the bottom of mold core, the lower extreme of spring supports the upper surface at the bottom plate, and the mold core passes through the bottom support of wax stone recess on the lower surface of roof, be fixed with the vertical foundry goods that upwards stretch out at the center of every roof upper surface, and the upper end of every foundry goods all stretches out the upper surface of mold core.
Preferably, the casting is cylindrical or straight quadrangular.
Preferably, the wax block groove is in an inverted regular quadrangular frustum pyramid shape.
Preferably, the bottom plate of the mold frame is fixed on the bottom surface of the mold frame through screws.
Preferably, the lower end of each ejector rod is fixed with the bottom plate through a screw.
Preferably, the die frame, the bottom plate, the die core, the ejector rod, the top plate and the casting are all made of stainless steel materials or copper materials.
The invention has the beneficial technical effects that:
the invention relates to a mould for preparing wax block for embedding pathological tissues, which comprises a mould frame and a mould core inside the mould frame, wherein a plurality of wax block grooves are arranged on the upper surface of the mould core, a guide hole vertically penetrating through the mould core is arranged at the center of the bottom of each wax block groove, a push rod which is matched with and vertically penetrates through each guide hole is arranged in each guide hole, a horizontal top plate is fixed at the upper end of each push rod, a spring is sleeved at the lower part of each push rod, and a casting which vertically extends upwards is fixed at the center of the upper surface of each top plate. Orientation when the existence of central authorities hole can effectively control the tissue piece embedding avoids getting the tissue with tweezers repeatedly clamp, has so also avoided the tissue damage that tweezers caused and influence observation and the judgement of section pathological change, can select the wax piece that the foundry goods that corresponds shape and size poured into a mould and formed simultaneously according to the shape and the size of pathological tissue, makes the shape of hole in the wax piece match with the shape of pathological tissue as far as.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a mold for preparing a wax block for pathological tissue embedding;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a mold core;
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a mold frame;
FIG. 5 shows a wax block cast from the mold of the present invention (a cylindrical casting is used as an example);
FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the specific operation of one embodiment of the present invention (core pressed down, wax block removed);
in the figure: 1. the mould comprises a mould frame, 11 convex edges, 12 sliding grooves, 13 bottom parts of the mould frame, 2 mould cores, 21 wax block grooves, 22 guide holes, 23 guide rails, 3 bottom plates, 31 screws, 41 castings, 42 top plates, 43 ejector rods, 44 springs, 5 wax blocks and 51 central holes.
Detailed Description
In a first embodiment, referring to fig. 1-6, a mold for preparing a wax block for embedding pathological tissues comprises a mold frame and a mold core arranged in the mold frame;
the die frame is a cuboid frame body, the die core is matched with the die frame and is arranged in the die frame, a bottom plate is fixed at the bottom of the die frame, a circle of convex edge extending horizontally inwards is arranged on the upper edge of the inner side surface of the die frame, a vertical guide rail is arranged on the side surface of the die core, a vertical sliding groove matched with the guide rail is arranged on the inner side surface of the die frame, and the die core is matched with the upper sliding groove of the die frame through the guide rail so that the die core forms a vertical sliding pair in the die frame;
the upper surface of mold core be equipped with a plurality of wax stone recess, be equipped with the vertical guiding hole that link up the mold core at the center of every wax stone recess bottom, be equipped with the ejector pin that matches and vertically run through with it in every guiding hole, the upper surface at the bottom plate is fixed to the lower extreme of every ejector pin, the upper end of every ejector pin is fixed with the horizontally roof, every roof corresponds rather than the bottom of the wax stone recess that corresponds and matches, all the cover is equipped with the spring in the lower part of every ejector pin, the upper end of this spring is supported in the bottom of mold core, the lower extreme of spring supports the upper surface at the bottom plate, and the bottom that the mold core passes through the wax stone recess supports the lower surface at the roof, be fixed with the vertical foundry goods that upwards stretch out at the center of every roof upper surface, and the upper end of every foundry goods all stretches out the upper surface of mold core.
The castings are cylindrical or straight quadrangular prisms, and the castings with corresponding shapes, namely cylindrical castings with different diameters or straight quadrangular prism castings with different thicknesses, can be flexibly selected according to the shapes and sizes of tissues to be embedded, so that the shapes of pores in the wax block formed by pouring are matched with the shapes of pathological tissues as much as possible, and the directional embedding of the pathological tissues is facilitated.
The wax block groove is inverted regular quadrangular frustum pyramid-shaped, and a wax block formed by pouring the wax block groove in the shape can be effectively and completely demoulded.
The bottom plate is fixed on the bottom surface of the die frame through screws, so that the die core and other internal parts of the die core can be conveniently detached, installed, maintained and cleaned.
The lower end of each ejector rod is fixed with the bottom plate through screws, and the ejector rods and the top plate can be flexibly disassembled and assembled according to use requirements so as to replace castings in different shapes.
The die frame, the bottom plate, the die core, the ejector rod, the top plate and the casting are all made of stainless steel materials or copper materials.
The mold is mainly used for embedding tiny or thinner pathological tissues, and can be tiny tube-cavity tissues such as mouse thighbone, xenopus laevis bone, zebra fish juvenile fish and the like, and can also be thinner pathological tissues such as sheet chicken embryo yolk membrane, chicken embryo allantoic membrane, mesentery and the like.
The die of the invention has the following use process and principle:
selecting a casting with a corresponding shape according to the shape or size of the tissue during actual embedding, installing the casting on a mold, checking the mold to ensure that the mold core is naturally supported and tightly attached to a top plate under the action of spring elasticity, then pouring molten paraffin into the wax block grooves, wherein the surface of the poured paraffin is not higher than the upper surface of the mold core, selecting the number of the poured wax block grooves according to actual requirements, and after the surface layer of the paraffin is solidified at room temperature after the pouring is finished, putting the whole mold into cold water to accelerate the solidification of the paraffin; after the poured paraffin is completely solidified, slightly pressing the mold core downwards by hands to enable the mold core to gradually move downwards, simultaneously enabling the solidified wax block to be gradually ejected out of a top plate supported by an ejector rod relative to a wax block groove to realize demolding, then slightly lifting the wax block upwards by hands to enable the wax block to be completely separated from a casting to obtain the wax block with a central pore with a specific shape and an intact structure, finally placing the prepared wax block on a platform, placing a tube-cavity tissue or a sheet tissue to be embedded into the central pore, adjusting the position and the angle of a pathological tissue by using tweezers to enable a target area to be sliced in the pathological tissue to be close to the bottom of the pore of the wax block, filling the central pore with wax liquid, and adhering the wax block embedded with the pathological tissue on a bench wood for slicing after the wax liquid is solidified.
The wax block prepared by the invention has a complete shape and structure and pores, when in use, fine tissues or thinner tissues are put into the pores, and then the pores are filled with the wax liquid for embedding, the pores can limit the movement of the tissues and prevent the tissues from toppling over, so that the orientation of the tissues is fixed, a user can conveniently cut an ideal part when slicing, the orientation of the tissue block during embedding can be effectively controlled due to the existence of the central pores, the observation and judgment of the pathological changes of the slices are prevented from being influenced due to the tissue damage possibly caused by repeatedly clamping the tissues by using tweezers, and meanwhile, the wax block can be poured by selecting castings with corresponding shapes and sizes according to the shapes and sizes of pathological tissues, so that the shapes of the pores of the wax block are matched with the shapes of the pathological tissues as far as possible.