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US 2021/0063288 A1Published application
Automated Tissue Sectioning and Storage System
AssigneeClarapath, Inc.
InventorsPartha P. Mitra, Baris Yagci, Cong Zhang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically transferring sections from a sample block to a tape and for transferring select sections to a slide. A tissue storage system for storing cut sections on the tape and digital storage system for storing photos and other information during the transfer of the sections can also be provided, thereby creating a tissue repository and data repository for future use.
Claims22
-20. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a tape feed mechanism, the tape feed mechanism feeding a length of tape;
- a tape applicator, the tape applicator applying regions of the tape to one or more tissue sections cut from a cutting face of a sample block for transferring the one or more tissue sections, from the sample block, to the regions of the tape;
- a slide station for transferring the one or more cut tissue sections from the tape to one or more slides;
- one or more digital imaging devices for capturing digital images;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the transfer of the one or more tissue sections from the tape to the one or more slides;
- receive, from the one or more digital imaging devices, one or more one or more first digital images of the one or more tissue sections on the tape and one or more one or more second digital images of the one or more tissue sections on the slides;
- and
- match the one or more first digital images and the one or more second digital images.
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A system comprising
- a microtome configured to cut one or more tissue sections from a sample block;
- one or more slides configured to receive one or more tissue sections;
- a tape configured to transfer the one or more tissue sections from the microtome to the one or more slides;
- one or more digital imaging devices for capturing digital images;
- and
- a controller that receives, from the one or more digital imaging devices, one or more one or more first digital images of the one or more tissue sections taken at a first time and one or more one or more second digital images of the one or more tissue sections taken at a second time different than the first time and matches the one or more first digital images and the one or more second digital images,
- wherein the first time and the second time are selected from one of when the one or more tissue sections are at the sample block, when the one or more tissue sections are transferred to the tape, or when the one or more tissue sections are transferred to the one or more slides.
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A method of tracking tissue samples comprising:
- cutting one or more tissue sections from a sample block;
- adhering the one or more tissue sections to a tape;
- transferring the one or more tissue sections from the tape to one or more slides;
- taking one or more one or more first digital images of the one or more tissue sections at a first time and one or more one or more second digital images of the one or more tissue sections on the slides at a second time, wherein the first time and the second time are selected from one of when one or more tissue sections are at the sample block, when the one or more tissue sections are transferred to the tape, or when the one or more tissue sections are transferred to the one or more slides;
- and
- matching the one or more first digital images and the one or more second digital images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.