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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Leica Biosystems Nussloch Gmbh, Nussloch, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH, Nussloch, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/06 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/06 (2013.01); G01N 1/286 (2013.01); G01N 2001/065 (2013.01); G01N 2001/066 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2873 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing thin sections using a microtome is disclosed. A hand wheel () is manually driven for producing a first thin section, and wherein the rotational movement of the hand wheel () is detected by an encoder (), and a profile of the rotational movement is determined. The determined profile is stored and selected for production of at least a second thin section. A motor () is driven for generating a cutting movement between a cutting unit () and a sample holder () in accordance with the respective stored profile selected for producing the second thin section. A microtome () to carry out this method is also disclosed.