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US 2019/0195748 A1Published application
Apparatus and methods for transferring a tissue section
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsVictor Lim, Richard K. Workman, Nicholas M. Sampas
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Abstract
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for transferring a tissue section to a slide. The invention also relates to automated systems and methods for transferring a tissue section onto a slide using a bath at ambient temperature and for smoothly mounting a tissue section on a slide.
Claims20
A method of collecting and transferring a tissue section sliced from a sample, the method comprising:
- introducing a tissue section to a bath;
- applying a line of heat to the tissue section while withdrawing from the slide bath.
An automated method for slicing a tissue section from a sample, comprising:
- slicing a tissue section from a tissue sample;
- adhering the tissue section to an adhesive material;
- attaching the adhesive material to a slide so that a first portion of the tissue section is adhered to the slide and a second portion of the tissue section is not adhered to the slide;
- introducing the slide and the tissue section to a bath;
- floating the second portion of the tissue section in the bath;
- and
- withdrawing the slide and the adhered tissue section from the bath so as to spread the adhered tissue section on the slide.
4 more elements
An apparatus for transferring a tissue section onto a slide, comprising:
- a slide holder adapted for holding and moving a slide;
- a bath container within range of movement of the slide holder, wherein the slide holder is adapted for introducing a tissue section adhered to the slide to a bath in the bath container;
- a heat source configured and positioned with respect to the slide holder and bath container to provide heat on the tissue section as it is withdrawn from the bath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.