ultrasonic knife

An ultrasonic knife is a diamond knife that thins a specimen while vibrating the blade head of the knife using ultrasonic wave. In ordinary thinning with a diamond knife, a pressure can be applied to the cutting direction of the specimen. This may cause “compression” (deformation of the specimen due to compression in the up-and-down direction) or falling of granules with different hardnesses such as lipid droplets. The ultrasonic knife which vibrates its blade head right-and-left in cutting, makes it possible to disperse the pressure to the specimen. Owing to this feature, the ultrasonic knife prevents “compression” or the falling of the granules.

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