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US 2026/0002843 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.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method, comprising:
- cutting at least one section from a sample block;
- transporting, with a tape, the at least one section to at least one slide, wherein the tape comprises an adhesive material to attach the at least one section to the tape;
- and
- exposing the adhesive material on the tape to a light source to decrease a strength of the adhesive material on the tape to enable transfer of the at least one section to the at least one slide.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- cutting, with a microtome, at least one section from a sample block;
- attaching the at least one section to a tape, wherein the tape comprises an adhesive material for attaching the at least one section to the tape;
- moving, with a feed mechanism, the tape between the microtome and a slide station to transfer the at least one section from the microtome to the slide station;
- and
- exposing the adhesive material on the tape to a light source to decrease a strength of the adhesive material on the tape to enable transfer of the at least one section to at least one slide at the slide station.
2 more elements
An automated tape transfer apparatus, comprising:
- a microtome configured to cut at least one section from a sample block;
- a tape, comprising adhesive material to attach the at least one section to the tape, wherein the tape is configured to transport the at least one section to at least one slide;
- and
- a light source configured to expose the adhesive material on the tape to light to decrease a strength of the adhesive material on the tape to enable transfer of the at least one section to the at least one slide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.