摘要 |
<p>Automatic instrument for fabricating prepared slide of tissue section including a store house (2) for storing a plurality of embedded blocks embedded (B) with a living body sample (S) by an embedding medium, cutting means (3) for cutting out a section (B1) by cutting the embedded block by a predetermined thickness, first carrying means (4) for putting in and out a selected one of the embedded block to and from the store house (2) and carrying the selected one of the embedded block to a position of being cut by the cutting means, second carrying means (7) for carrying the section to a storage tank (5) stored with a liquid to be floated on a liquid surface, transcribing means (8) for fabricating a prepared slide by transcribing the section floated on the liquid surface onto a base plate, and a control portion (9) for controlling the first carrying means to cut out a necessary number of the sections from the embedded block, thereafter, return the embedded block to the store house, and take out a successively selected one of the embedded block from the store house to be carried to the cut position.
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