Histology - Plastics

One of the unique and specialized services that VPS offers is GLP-compliant plastics histology using the Exakt System.

VPS is equipped with 3 Exakt Systems for preparation of ground tissue sections.
By infiltrating and embedding the specimens in a special plastic resin (Technovit 7200), we are able to section and grind tissues that contain:
  • Metals (Titanium, Nitinol, etc.)
  • Ceramics
  • Undecalcified Bone
  • Bone Cements and Void Fillers



Bone with titanium screw.