Holder for a capture device
AssigneeLeica Microsystems CMS GmbH
InventorGerhard Pfeifer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a holder for at least one capture device (30) for collecting microdissected specimens, having a holding element (2) in which the at least one capture device (30) is to be arranged, the holding element (2) being transferable into a working position in order to collect microdissected specimens, the holding element (2) being mounted by way of at least two levers (3a, 3b) in a frame (1) of the holder (40), and being vertically displaceable relative to said frame (1) by way of a displacement of the levers (3a, 3b).
Claims14
A holder for at least one capture device for collecting microdissected specimens cut out from a microscopic sample, the holder being configured to be inserted into a laser microdissection device, the holder comprising:
- a frame having at least one lateral cutout,
- a holding element mounted in the frame, the holding element being vertically displaceable relative to said frame and configured to receive at least one capture device for collecting at least one microdissected specimen,
- a first shaft rotatably mounted in a lateral cutout of the frame,
- a second shaft rotatably mounted in the frame,
- a first lever coupled to the first shaft and configured to execute a pivoting motion,
- a second lever coupled to the second shaft and configured to execute a pivoting motion,
- one or more coupling elements that couple the first lever and the second lever,
- a third shaft coupled to the first lever and the holding element, and
- a fourth shaft coupled to the second lever and the holding element,
- wherein for vertical displacement of the holding element,
- a rotation of the first shaft pivots the first lever and a pivoting motion of the first lever is transferred to the second lever by the one or more coupling elements to execute a codirectional pivoting motion of the second lever, and
- the pivoting motion of the first lever is transferred to the third shaft and the pivoting motion of the second lever is transferred to the fourth shaft, thereby actuating a vertical displacement of the holding element coupled to the third shaft and the fourth shaft.
A holder for at least one capture device for collecting microdissected specimens cut out from a microscopic sample, the holder comprising:
- a holding element in which the at least one capture device is to he arranged, the holding element being transferable into a working position in order to collect at least one microdissected specimen,
- wherein the holding element is mounted by way of at least two levers in a frame of the holder, and is vertically displaceable relative to said frame by way of a displacement of the levers. and
- wherein each lever is coupled to a respective shaft that is rotatably mounted in the frame of the holder,
- wherein the levers are coupled in their displacement motion by way of one or more coupling elements,
- wherein the levers execute a pivoting motion in their displacement, and
- wherein for vertical displacement of the holding element, at least one of the shafts comprises a tool receptacle in order to pivot, by rotation of a tool applied onto the tool receptacle, the lever associated with the at least one of the shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.