Method and device for transferring a microscopic, isolated sample

A method for transferring a microscopic, isolated membrane-supported micro-dissected specimen sample, from an object table to an analysis arrangement, with the following method steps:

• exact positioning of a nano-suction apparatus, which is designed with a suction tube and a terminal membrane and secured to a carrier apparatus in a sample removal position by moving the carrier apparatus by an associated positioning unit, wherein the terminal membrane has a disc-shaped support plate with a hole in the centre and a terminal mesh, one side of the support plate being secured to the side of the terminal membrane connected to the suction tube in such a way that the hole in the support plate is flush with an opening in the suction tube, and the terminal mesh being secured on the other free side of the support plate in such a way that the terminal mesh overlaps the opening in the suction tube and the hole in the support plate;
• suction of the sample onto the terminal membrane by a vacuum/overpressure unit coupled to the nano-suction apparatus;
• movement of the carrier apparatus for exact positioning of the nano-suction apparatus in a sample removal position by the associated positioning unit;
• and
• blowing the sample from the terminal membrane by the vacuum/overpressure unit.