METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MICROTOMIC SECTIONS AND FOR MAKING THEM READY FOR EXAMINATION

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DE93/00598 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 14, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 14, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 5, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/01751 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 1994Described is a process and an apparatus (10) for the production of thin sections which are cut off a specimen (16), by the use of a cutting blade (20) of a microtome (12), and then transferred to a liquid bath (40). In order to prevent undesired compression of thin sections (98) during the cutting operation, the thin sections (98) are transfer from the cutting blade (20) to the liquid bath (40) by flowing fluid from the cutting blade (20) to the liquid bath, wherein the liquid bath is disposed at a spacing from the cutting blade by a flow passage. The flowing fluid is selectively guided, by a change-over switching device (56), to the liquid bath (40) or to a waste container (52) so that good thin sections (98) are separated from unsatisfactory thin sections (98).