CryoStar™ NX50 Cryostat

Get optimal sectioning quality and unmatched ergonomics and safety with the Thermo Scientific™ CryoStar™ NX50, designed to accommodate the needs of the routine clinical laboratory.

This manual cryostat offers a form-fitting design, with optional height adjustment, cold disinfection, and vacutome.

The CryoStar NX50 Cryostat follows in the footsteps of the popular CryoStar NX70 Cryostat by offering standard features well-suited to the routine clinical histology laboratory.


CryoStar™ NX50 Cryostat Features:

• Spacious stainless steel chamber for workflow organization
• Optional vacutome for stretching cryosections
• Chamber cooling to -25°±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• Separate specimen head cooling to -43°±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• Continuously cooled knife holder to -27°±2°C (at 20°C ambient)
• Eighteen cryobar storage positions, including one quick freeze location
• Integrated peltier fast freezing device with rapid cooling to -57°±3°C
• Section thickness from 0.5μm to 500μm
• Precise stepping motor blade advance for minimal vibration when sectioning
• Vertical stroke length of 64mm
• Horizontal feed range of 48mm
• Specimen retraction of ;20μm on return stroke, with optical indication
• Adjustable sample orientation, 8° in the Y axis for increased stability and 360° rotation in the z axis
• Rapid Response object head temperature control, form-fitting design and color, touch screen user interface for control of instrument functions
• Optional height adjustment from 82-112cm allows for sectioning while sitting or standing and accommodates users of different heights quickly
• Optional Cold Disinfection disinfects the cold cryochamber in just 50 minutes