9000SMZ Vibrotome
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Over 40 years experience with >4000 vibrating microtome publications.
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5-Year Warranty.
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Proven high-quality slices with high cell viability.
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No chatter marks.
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Variable blade frequency & amplitude to cater for all tissue types.
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Precise control of advance speed, adjustable during slicing, for the perfect slice.
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Measure & correct blade Z-axis deflection (down to 0.1µm), essential for quality slices.
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Slice window mode for fast, automatic sectioning.
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Clear visibility of tissue; positional adjustments can be made during slicing.
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Store up to 8 user slice profiles for easy recall.
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The New Standard in Precision Tissue Slicing
Advanced Vibratome Technology for Life Science and Biomedical Research
The Campden 9000SMZ Vibratome is our most advanced vibrating microtome, engineered for precise sectioning of live and fixed brain tissue. Trusted by neuroscience, cardiac, lung research, liver research, organoid research and plant research labs worldwide. When your research depends on high-integrity tissue slices, compromise is not an option. The 9000SMZ Vibrating Microtome by Campden Instruments delivers unmatched control, slice quality, and tissue viability — making it the ideal vibratome for applications across electrophysiology, imaging, pathology, toxicology, and organ research.
Whether you're preparing slices of brain, kidney, lung, liver, retina, cardiac, pancreatic, brain organoids, tumour or plant tissue, the 9000SMZ provides the precision and reproducibility that today’s life sciences demand.
One Vibratome, Endless Applications
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Neuroscience & electrophysiology
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Renal, Precision Cut Liver Slices, Precision Cut Lung Slices, and cardiovascular research (living myocardial slices).
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Plant root and leaf sectioning
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Retinal and ocular tissue preparation
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Superior Tissue Integrity Across Applications
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Ultra-low blade Z-axis deflection minimizes mechanical damage.
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Maintains structural and cellular viability in a wide range of soft tissues.
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Ideal for acute slicing, live tissue studies, ex vivo analysis, and long-term cultures
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Parameters Screen
Smart, Automated Control System
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Touchscreen interface with programmable slicing profiles.
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Real-time feedback on blade amplitude, frequency, and advance rate.
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Minimizes training time and user-to-user variability.
High-Precision Engineering
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Advance speed resolution of 10µm/s for reproducible section thickness
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Vibrating Blade holder has less than 0.1µm (100nm) deviation from path
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Compatible with a range of tissue sizes and embedding media
Built-In Tissue Protection
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Integrated cooling tray maintains physiological conditions
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Optional integrated Peltier cooling device
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Optimised for extended slicing sessions without compromising slice quality
Designed for Scientists, Backed by Innovation
Campden Instruments has collaborated with leading researchers across disciplines to build a vibratome that meets real-world lab challenges. With the 9000SMZ, you can expect:
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Cleaner slices
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Higher reproducibility
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Confidence from the very first cut
Further Information
Common Accessories
Common Accessories
CL200-1
Integrally Mounted Cold Light Source
To facilitate the careful slicing operation, it is most important that the progress of the blade through the tissue be clearly observed. This observation is used to ensure control of the speed of advance and of the oscillation of the blade. Two elements are required for clear observation, light and magnification.
7000-1-3
Integrally Mounted Magnifying Glass
For general global slices a magnifying glass offering approx 2x magnification is sufficient. However, if specific loci are under study then an inspection microscope is desirable. The binocular inspection microscope with 10x-40x magnification, a zoom of 1x-4x and a working distance of 80mm is ideal for the task.
7470
Tissue Slice Recovery Chamber
The 7470 chamber was designed to hold and maintain tissue slices in six sub-chambers at physiological temperatures with an aeration supply to allow recovery from slicing as well as incubation during the experimental day (10-12 hrs).
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Our laboratory uses both animal and human tissue in acute and organotypic culture brain slice experiments. We have two 7000smz-2 vibrotomes in daily use which form the backbone of our slice preparations – the reliability and repeatability provided by the slicer’s Z-axis stability and calibration mechanism means that our preparations get off to the best possible start. The 7000smz-2 produces the highest quality brain slices of any vibrotome I have used, allowing us to generate in vivo-like oscillations in slice preparations. On top of this the service and support from Campden has been second to none.