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US 2023/0057075 A1Published application
Automated system and method for advancing tape to transport cut tissue sections
AssigneeClarapath, Inc.
InventorsCong Zhang, Mark Fasciano, Partha P. Mitra
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Abstract
An automated tape transfer apparatus including a tape feed mechanism feeding a continuous length of an adhesive tape through the automated tape transfer apparatus and a tape applicator applying the adhesive tape to a cutting face of a sample block, wherein a section of the sample block is adhered to the adhesive tape after cutting of the section from the sample block. A slide station transfers the cut section from the adhesive tape to a slide.
Claims20
An automated tape transfer apparatus comprising:
- a microtome configured to cut at least one section from a sample block;
- a feed mechanism configured to move a tape with an adhesive material between the microtome and a slide station to transfer the at least one section from the microtome to the slide station,
- the slide station comprising a slide application member, the slide application member configured to transfer the at least one section from the tape to at least one slide;
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- a light source configured to expose the adhesive material to light to activate the adhesive material on the at least one slide to bond the at least one section to the at least one slide.
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An automated tape transfer apparatus comprising:
- a microtome configured to cut at least one section from a sample block;
- a tape with an adhesive material between the microtome and a slide station to transfer the at least one section from the microtome to the slide station,
- the slide station comprising a slide application member, the slide application member configured to transfer the at least one section from the tape to at least one slide;
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- an ultraviolet (UV) light source at the slide station configured to expose the adhesive material to UV light to decrease a strength of the adhesive material.
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An automated tape transfer apparatus comprising:
- a microtome configured to cut at least one section from a sample block;
- a tape with an adhesive material applied to a cutting face of the at least one section;
- a slide station comprising a slide application member, the slide application member configured to transfer the at least one section from the tape to at least one slide;
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- a light source in proximity to the slide station configured to expose the adhesive material on at least one of the tape or the at least one slide to light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.