METHOD FOR POSITIONING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES IN A MICROSCOPIC ARRANGEMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method for positioning at least one preferably biological sample (2) in the sample space of a microscopic arrangement. The invention further relates to devices for performing said method. The invention proposes methods and devices in which the orientation of the sample (2) may be varied multiple times relative to the optical axis of a detection objective (13) and the sample (2) is held so as to guarantee the most unrestricted possible view of the sample (2) from every detection direction, wherein, in different embodiments, - the sample (2) is held on a support device by adhesion forces, - the sample is held on a support device by a flowing medium, - the sample (2) is held by capillary effect on a capillary opening, or - at least one sample (2) is embedded in a body made of a transparent gel (1) and the gel body is fixed by means of a rotatable holding device (3) in the sample space, wherein the detection direction is altered by a predetermined rotational angle upon rotation of the holding device (3).