[Histonet] RE: which new cryostat

[Stephen Peters M.D.]

Dear Geoff,
 
We have had 4 Leica 1850s at HUMC in a very busy surg path practice for about 10 years.
 I originally chose this cryostat, because it was the most comfortable and easy for me 
to cut using brush technique. My hands were not twisted in a painful knot. I felt the stage 
was the most accessable for retrieving. I also found the controls very easy and in no 
time  I could function at my usual pace. It seemed to have a very solid microtome and 
was considerably more spacious than our old tissue teks. I compared the Leica to the 
other brands at this clinical level and found this to be my choice for all of the above reasons.
. I am very happy with the choice I made. They have been reliable work horses and 
have required very little more than it was the  routine maintenence. I have been quite
 satisfied with the quality of the preparations I am capable of making and I find the 
work space accomodating. You have 360 degree chuck rotation and a single knob for 
X-Y axis adjustment. I have kept up with most of the new designs of the other brands. I would still buy another 1850 tomorrow. Trust me none of them are perfect, or even close, but of what is out there  this is my choice. I must mention that I do have a relationship with Leica  for a about a year. They have been helping me promote an embedding system that I developed 
while practicing in these cryostats. I thought about whether to write this at all, but everything I have to say came long before. I have had great success in a very busy practice with 
these cryostats I am happy to recommend them.
 
Stephen



Stephen Peters M.D. 
Pathology Innovations, LLC 
410 Old Mill Lane, 
Wyckoff, NJ 07481 
201 847 7600 
www.pathologyinnovations.com 

Senior Attending Pathologist 
Hackensack University Medical Center 
201 996 4836