CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> wrote on 12/07/2007 12:43:55 PM:
> could anyone drop the name of a source for those tweezer-like clamps whose > ends fit perfectly around a Nunc/CryoCap cryovial? one very famous source > seems not to have them. > > these are not the locking clamps or thick metal tongs, but are more like > tweezers with the ends curved into half-circles on each arm. > > -bryan Hi Bryan - They are "specimen mount tweezers" or "SEM mount forceps", originally intended for gripping the groove in the edge of SEM specimen mounts. The old Yale-style cryo pin bases were modified SEM mounts (I think), and the tweezers fit them perfectly. You can buy them from a variety of distributors; they all seem to be reselling Dumont brand products. Here's one website: http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/sem/mounts.aspx The tweezers you want are almost at the bottom of the page. HTH, Matt -- Matthew Franklin , Ph.D. Senior Scientist, ImClone Systems 180 Varick Street, 6th floor New York, NY 10014 phone:(917)606-4116 fax:(212)645-2054 Confidentiality Note: This e-mail, and any attachment to it, contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity named on the e-mail. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that reading it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately return it to the sender and delete it from your system. Thank you.
