Hand Held Coring Tool for Preparing Tissue Cores
The Hand Held Coring Tool is used to prepare tissue cores which are used in the Brendel/Vitron Tissue Slicer. This coring tool is composed of a sharpened stainless steel tube and an Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene handle. They are available in 5, 8, and 10 mm sizes and can be re-sharpened. Vitron offers a free service to re-sharpen the coring tools for its clients.
- Maintain cutting edge by re-sharpening at least every other experiment
- Prepare cores on a wax support
- Recommended for preparing cores from rodent organs
- Hand coring should be used for organs that are fragile and have very little fiber content