That sounds like a good needle to use. As long as it has a sharp edge it should be fine.
Thom Jensen
>From: "Brennan, Liam"
>To: "'Thom Jensen'"
>CC: "'HISTONET'"
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] Dermal Needles for Arrays
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:09:50 -0000
>
>Thom-
>
>What about using a bone marrow trephine needle, as far as I know they come
>in a variety of diameters and come with a stylet. They are disposable, not
>prohibitively expensive, and could be discarded when they become blunt.
>
>Liam Brennan
>Histopathology Dept
>Belfast City Hospital
>Northern Ireland
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thom Jensen [mailto:tissuearray@hotmail.com]
>Sent: 21 November 2003 13:28
>To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>Subject: [Histonet] Dermal Needles for Arrays
>
>
>The company I posted to purchase Dermal needles has apparently gone out of
>business. The link below is where I found the needles. The reason why I
>picked this particular needle is because the middle of the middle goes all
>the way though for a stylet to be used. Some needles on the market have
>solid plastic handles and not useful for array punching.
>
>http://www.steeles.com/temp/search.php?input=33-31
>>ch> &choice=2&submitfind=Search
>
>
>Thom Jensen
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