Sakura Finetek U.s.a., Inc.

Cristina R Flores

Erico Von Bueren

Amit D Shah

Hwai-Jyh Michael Yang

Chen Yu Cheng

Chia Hsien Lin

Nick John Booker

Chester John Henderson

Scott Webster

Apparatuses for measuring sample materials (such as tissue samples) and associated methodologies and instrumentation involve a spectroscopy system or device configured with a sample measuring device (e.g., an attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) sample measuring device) including a crystal defining a sample receiving surface/interface operatively connected to an IR source and an IR detector. The sample receiving surface/interface facilitates assessing presence (and optionally, amount) of a fixative (e.g., formaldehyde) in sample materials, tissue samples for example. Measurements are taken at one or multiple locations within a sample placement structure/area, which can be provided in the form of a probe or a raised piercing structure containing one or more ATR-IR (or other) sample measuring devices. The probe can include a piercing structure or mechanism at a distal (open) end of the probe configured to create a passage to a selected location (depth) within the sample material in a minimally invasive manner so that the sample is not severely damaged during testing.

Use of IR spectroscopy to evaluate penetration of reagents into biological specimen

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Downey, CA, United States of America

Cristina R Flores