CureMount™

Mounting Medium for Frozen Sections

CureMount™ is a UV curable mounting medium of low viscosity for use with all dehydrated sections. CureMount™ is a polymer that cures to a refractive index of 1.55. It closely matches the refractive index of dehydrated tissue. The cover slip can be optimally positioned and cured under UV fluorescent illumination. The coverslipped slide is "dry" in less than 30 seconds.

Cat# 475232

The cover slip can easily be removed by heating the slide briefly, soon after curing or after a longer time by immersing in xylene. All unstained tissue elements & the cured polymer will be invisible, making the stained elements stand out in exquisite detail. CureMount™ is especially recommended for use with Instrumedics’ adhesive-coated slides. The cured adhesive layer will become invisible. Sold in a brown glass dropping bottle with rubber bulb and pipette for protection from the light and ease of use.

CureMount II™
Mounting Medium For Paraffin Sections

Cat# 475233

CureMount II™ has the same properties as CureMount™ but is formulated for paraffin embedded sections that are dehydrated and cleared.

Pricing:

Cat# CM

CureMount™ 60 ml per bottle

$29.95

Cat# CM-II

CureMount II™ 60 ml per bottle

$29.95

Cat# CM-L

CureMount™ Curing Lamp

$69.95

Cat# 475234

CureMount™ Curing Lamp with 2 Bottles
Please Specify CureMount™ or CureMount II™

$120.00

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The CureMount™ Advantage

The CryoJane coated-slide-adhesive was designed to have a cured refractive index, which would closely match the refractive index of dehydrated tissue (i.e., approximately 1.55). If one of our slides is mounted with a mounting medium of refractive index of 1.55, all unstained tissue elements and the cured adhesive itself will be completely invisible, making the stained elements stand out in exquisite detail.

A number of commercial mounting media, like "Permount", have a dried refractive index of about 1.55 . However, when freshly applied, the refractive index is much lower because of the solvent (typically toluene or Xylene, which have refractive indices near 1.50and take up to 48 hours to dry).

We have designed CureMount™ to solve this problem. It is a UV-curable polymer system of low viscosity, which cures to a refractive index of approximately 1.55 in less than 20 seconds.

Aside from solving the "optical problem", CureMount™ provides the following additional

Advantages:

Until exposed to near-UV, the medium maintains its low viscosity and does not dry in air. Therefore, the coverslip can be accurately, leisurely and optimally positioned, and any excess medium can be carefully wiped (or absorbed) away before placing the covered slide under the curing lamp.

After less than 20 seconds under the curing lamp, the slide is dry and ready for microscopy, fully and permanently refractive-index-matched.

Since the cured resin is solvent-soluble, after cure, any excess, beyond (or on the top of the coverslip) that was not removed before curing, can be immediately and easily removed with a solvent-wet tissue, without risk of dislodging the coverslip.

All of these advantages apply, not only for coverslipping Instrumedics adhesive-coated slides, but also for all routine pathology and cytology slides.