Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080286859 | Apparatus For Producing Thin Sections - An apparatus for producing flat thin sections of a specimen ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090165627 | MICROTOME HAVING CONCENTRIC OPERATING ELEMENTS FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR UNIT - A microtome for producing thin sections for microscopy is suggested that has a high level of automation and can be operated ergonomically. The microtome has a sectioning knife, a specimen holder, a first and a second motor unit operating the knife, a control system and an operating unit comprising a first and a second operating element. The first operating element controls the relative displacement between the sectioning knife and specimen holder, while the second operating element adjusts the advance rate of the displacement. The first operating element is a rotating ring and the second element is a rotary knob, concentrically within the rotating ring. | 07-02-2009 |
20090241751 | MICROTOME HAVING A VARIABLE SECTIONING STROKE, USING A LINEAR MOTOR AS A DRIVE SYSTEM - A microtome for generating thin sections of a specimen is suggested, comprising: a sectioning knife with a knife edge coming into engagement with the specimen during generation of the thin sections along a sectioning plane, an advance unit that generates at an angle to the sectioning plane between two thin sections an advance that defines the thickness of the thin section, a linear motor having a linear stator and a linear rotor, the linear motor generating a linear relative motion between the knife edge and the specimen in order to create the thin section, wherein the linear stator generates a traveling magnetic field that drives the linear rotor, and a control unit for controlling the linear motor for performing a relative back-and-forth motion along a predetermined displacement traveling path and for controlling the advance unit between two thin sections. | 10-01-2009 |
20100058777 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING CASSETTE MAGAZINES CONTAINING TISSUE SAMPLES - An apparatus for cooling cassette magazines containing tissue samples is described. The apparatus comprises a housing, a cooling device, and a transport apparatus for transporting one or more cassette magazines within the housing. The cassette magazines are introduced into the apparatus via an input chute and can be removed via an output chute. | 03-11-2010 |
20100058913 | MICROTOME HAVING A CASSETTE CHANGING APPARATUS - A microtome is described, having a cassette changing apparatus that comprises a stationary guide bar. The latter guides a second slider that is a guide for the first slider. The first and the second slider are coupled to one another in such a way that a movement of the second slider along the stationary guide bar operates a movement of the first slider along with the second slider and additionally relative to the second slider. | 03-11-2010 |
20100083777 | Apparatus and Method for Storing at Least One Specimen Slide and at Least One Cassette - An apparatus for storing at least one specimen slide and at least one cassette comprising a sample that is embedded in a sample block and that is to be processed, a microtome comprising this apparatus, and a method for handling multiple cassettes and multiple specimen slides are described. A cassette magazine receives at least one cassette having at least one sample block. A slide magazine receives at least one specimen slide. At least one connecting element for connecting the cassette magazine and the slide magazine mechanically with each other is provided. This allows handling at least one cassette and at least one specimen slide together in a simple and efficient manner. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE SPECIMEN SLIDE - An apparatus and method for tagging a specimen slide are described. The apparatus comprises a receiving region for receiving at least one cassette magazine, a reading unit for reading the machine-readable coded information of a cassette identifier of a cassette, and a tagging unit for generating a machine-readable coded information for tagging the specimen slide with a specimen slide identifier that depends on the cassette identifier. Data are transferred from the microtome to the apparatus via the data transfer path as soon as the cassette is inserted into the microtome, and only then can the machine-readable coded information for tagging the specimen slide be applied onto the specimen slide by the tagging unit. | 04-08-2010 |
20100101385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A MICROTOME - A method and apparatus for operating a microtome are described. According to the method, a specific type of a sample to be sectioned is detected, at least one stored sectioning parameter value is determined as a function of the specific type of the sample that was detected, said value being allocated to the specific type of the sample and defines a specific setting of the microtome, and the setting the microtome as defined by the determined sectioning parameter value is performed automatically. | 04-29-2010 |
20100118133 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THIN SECTIONS OF A SAMPLE BY MEANS OF AN IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method and a device for producing thin sections of a sample by means of a microtome is described, in which a camera acquires at least one image of a surface generated by sectioning of the sample. With the aid of an evaluation device, the image of the surface is evaluated in terms of predefined characteristic values of a section quality. As a function of the characteristic values that are identified, a decision is then made as to whether the section of the sample is accepted or not. | 05-13-2010 |
20100147120 | Method For Automatically Feeding A Specimen To Be Thinly Cut To The Knife Of A Microtome - A method for the automatic and contact-free relative approach between a specimen ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100216221 | DEVICE WITH WHICH A HISTOLOGICAL SECTION GENERATED ON A BLADE OF A MICROTOME CAN BE APPLIED TO A SLIDE - A device for applying a histological section to a slide is described. The histological section is generated by a cutting action performed by a blade of a microtome. The device comprises a positioning device having a component that is rotatably mounted to a bearing and has a receptacle for receiving and holding the slide, wherein the positioning device is designed such that the slide received in the receptacle can be rotated about an axis of rotation of the rotatably mounted component. | 08-26-2010 |
20130309717 | METHOD OF CUTTING AT LEAST ONE THIN SECTION AND TAGGING AT LEAST ONE SPECIMEN SLIDE - A method of cutting at least one thin section from a sample block that is arranged in a cassette and tagging at least one specimen slide such that it can be allocated to the specific sample block from which the thin section has been cut. The method includes removing a cassette from a cassette magazine; reading the machine-readable coded information of the cassette identifier; generating by at least one tagging unit a specimen slide identifier that interrelates to the cassette identifier read by the reading unit; inserting the cassette into a microtome; transferring data from the microtome to a tagging unit via a data transfer path while the cassette is inserted into the microtome; enabling tagging of the specimen slide; tagging the specimen slide by the tagging unit; and cutting the thin section and transferring it onto the specimen slide that was tagged by the tagging unit. | 11-21-2013 |
20140026727 | MICROTOME HAVING A PIEZOELECTRIC LINEAR ACTUATOR - The present invention relates to a microtome ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140026728 | MICROTOME HAVING AN AUTO-ROCKING MODE - The present invention relates to a microtome ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140033888 | KNIFE HOLDER HAVING A BLADE CHANGING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a knife holder ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140034665 | BLADE DISPENSER - A blade dispenser ( | 02-06-2014 |