Microtome having a cooling device

US7673546B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Claudia Dorenkamp · Radevormwald, DE
• Stefan Kunkel · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 7, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/283
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microtome (1), having a knife (9) for sectioning a specimen (5) for subsequent microscopic examination, is described. The microtome (1) comprises a cooled specimen holder (2) for receiving the specimen (5), the specimen holder (2) being connected to a coolant circuit (3). Additionally associated with the specimen holder (2) is a cooled thermal conduction plate (4) that can be placed over the specimen (5).