Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Irene Wacker-Schroeder

Ulrich Gengenbach

Rasmus Schroeder

Leonard J Ness

Andreas Hofmann

Julian Hoffmann

Warren J P Brey

Waldemar Spomer

A microtome for producing thin sections from a sample includes a sample holder configured to receive the sample and a cutting edge configured to cut the sample, the cutting edge having a specified cutting direction, the cutting direction and the cutting edge spanning a cutting plane. The microtome further includes a movement device configured to produce a relative movement between the sample holder and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in the cutting direction, a feed device configured to produce a relative movement between the sample holder and the cutting edge for cutting the sample in a feed direction at an angle not equal to 0&#xb0; to the cutting plane, and a liquid volume with a liquid abutting the cutting edge on a side of the cutting edge facing away from the sample holder.

Microtome and method for producing thin sections from a sample by means of a microtome

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Heidelberg, Germany

Irene Wacker-Schroeder