Microtome and method for producing thin sections from a sample by means of a microtome

US11060955B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE · DE

Inventors

• Waldemar Spomer · Baden-Baden, DE
• Ulrich Gengenbach · Remchingen, DE
• Julian Hoffmann · Sippersfeld, DE
• Andreas Hofmann · North Bend, US
• Leonard J. Ness · Tucson, US
• Warren J. P. Brey · Mohave Valley, US
• Rasmus Schroeder · Heidelberg, DE
• Irene Wacker-Schroeder · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 11, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2001/185
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microtome for producing thin sections from a sample includes a sample holder configured to receive the sample and a cutting edge configured to cut the sample, the cutting edge having a specified cutting direction, the cutting direction and the cutting edge spanning a cutting plane. The microtome further includes a movement device configured to produce a relative movement between the sample holder and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in the cutting direction, a feed device configured to produce a relative movement between the sample holder and the cutting edge for cutting the sample in a feed direction at an angle not equal to 0° to the cutting plane, and a liquid volume with a liquid abutting the cutting edge on a side of the cutting edge facing away from the sample holder.