THIN SECTION PREPARATION DEVICE

摘要

A thin section preparation device includes: a cutting blade (21) which cuts out a thin section (M) from an embedding block (B); a storage tank (7) in which the thin section (M) is floated on a liquid (W) and is spread; a thin-section-conveying-mechanism (8) which conveys the thin section (M) in a direction intersecting in an X axis direction in a state where a first side of the thin section (M) is parallel with the X axis direction; a slide-glass-handling-mechanism (9) which places the thin section (M) floating in the storage tank (7) on a slide glass (G) in a state where a first side of the slide glass (G) is parallel with the X axis direction; and a rotary body (61) which is rotated in a state where the thin section (M) is placed on an outer surface and conveys the thin section (M) toward the slide-glass-handling-mechanism (9).

主权项

1. A thin section preparation device that is capable to cut a thin section from an embedding block in which a biological sample is embedded, and to prepare a thin section sample by placing the thin section on a substrate, the thin section preparation device comprising:
a cutting blade that is configured to relatively move with respect to the embedding block in an X axis direction in which a first side of the embedding block extends, and to thinly cut the embedding block with a predetermined draw angle in order to cut out the thin section; a storage tank that is configured to store a liquid, and to spread the thin section by floating the cut thin section on the liquid; a conveying mechanism that is arranged so that a first portion of the conveying mechanism is disposed in a state where the first portion is close to a blade edge of the cutting blade while having a second portion of the conveying mechanism immersed into the liquid, and that is configured to convey the thin section in a direction intersecting in the X axis direction in a plan view of a surface of the embedding block in a state where the first side of the thin section is parallel with the X axis direction; a substrate disposition mechanism that is configured to place the thin section floating in the storage tank on the substrate in a state where a first side of the substrate is parallel with the X axis direction in the plan view; and a rotary body that is provided between the conveying mechanism and the substrate disposition mechanism, and that is configured to convey the thin section toward the substrate disposition mechanism by rotating in a state where the thin section is placed on an outer surface of the rotary body, wherein the rotary body is configured to be rotatable about a Y axis orthogonal to the X axis direction in the plan view in a state where a portion of the rotary body is immersed into the liquid of the storage tank.