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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Hirohito Fujiwara, Chiba, JP;
Tetsumasa Ito, Chiba, JP;
Koji Fujimoto, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Miyatani, Chiba, JP;
Hirohito Fujiwara, Chiba, JP;
Tetsumasa Ito, Chiba, JP;
Koji Fujimoto, Chiba, JP;
Tatsuya Miyatani, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments, Inc., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing system for producing thin sections of a biological sample embedded in a block. The system includes, a blade holder disposed at a rake angle relative to the block, a mounting plane on which a plurality of cutting blades are mounted, an adsorptive member on the mounting plane that maintains the posture of the cutting blades, a pressing member that presses a selected cutting blade against the mounting plane, a conveyor unit that slides out the cutting blades by sequentially conveying the plurality of cutting blades to feed them one by one on the mounting plane, a transportation unit that moves the block relative to the holder, such that the cutting blade cuts out a thin section from the sample, and a control unit that operates the conveyor unit to exchange the selected cutting blade.